Title: Connection error
Last modified: April 29, 2020

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# Connection error

 *  Resolved [mirarno](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirarno/)
 * (@mirarno)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-error-36/)
 * I have filled in all the necessary Joomla database parameters, but then I get
   this message:
    SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user ‘xxxx’@’localhost’(
   using password: YES)
 * When I check the faq the solution refers to a non existing url:
    It is a compatibility
   issue with your version of MySQL. You can read this post to fix it: [http://forumsarchive.laravel.io/viewtopic.php?id=8667](http://forumsarchive.laravel.io/viewtopic.php?id=8667)
 * How do I fix this issue so that I can import Joomla into WordPress? I have no
   Control Panel, only FTP.
    Note: the Joomla website is not on the same server 
   as the WordPress website.
 * Thanks in advance.
 * Miranda

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 *  Plugin Author [Kerfred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerfred/)
 * (@kerfred)
 * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-error-36/#post-12941910)
 * If Joomla and WordPress are not installed on the same host, you must do this:
    - export the Joomla database to a SQL file (with phpMyAdmin for example)
    - import this SQL file on the same database as WordPress
    - run the migration by using WordPress database credentials (host, user, password,
      database) instead of the Joomla ones in the plugin settings. You can find 
      the WordPress credentials in the wp-config.php file.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-error-36/#post-12941910)
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