Title: Database connection error Last modified: December 13, 2020 --- # Database connection error * [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/) * Hi Team, * Suddenly while accessing my wordpress website there was an error shown “Database connection Failed”. * I have used the repair database option in the cwp_config file and repaired the database. Kindly help me with the below output from the repair function. * Some database problems could not be repaired. Please copy-and-paste the following list of errors to the WordPress support forums to get additional assistance. * wp_users: 45 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_usermeta: 48 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_posts: 46 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_comments: 45 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_options: Table is marked as crashed wp_postmeta: 47 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_terms: 22 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_term_taxonomy: 44 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_term_relationships: 44 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_termmeta: 36 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly wp_commentmeta: 40 clients are using or haven’t closed the table properly Viewing 14 replies - 16 through 29 (of 29 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/?output_format=md) 2 * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787811) * The mysql server has crashed. (Probably a server config issue that caused it to crash before, corrupting your dB and starting the original issue.) Anyhow, contact your host. * Thread Starter [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787819) * Hey [@sterndata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * To my surprise it got auto resolved… and my website seems to be opening now properly.. * Could you suggest me a way round to take care of such issues in the future? * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787838) * Backup, backup, backup. I like the plugin “backwpup” because you can set it to backup on a schedule and send the backups to Dropbox or other off-site locations. * Thread Starter [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787862) * Ok let me try this plugin currently I am using all in one wp migration. * Will backwpup help in restoring also in such cases or only takes backup & keep it aside. * It says db backup needs mysqli * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787874) * If your host has a flaky MySQL server setup, the backups may come in handy. Talk to your host about mysqli. * Thread Starter [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787882) * Hey, * One more problem… * my website is up but none of my other urls are working Only home page is getting opened & other pages are showing below error * Not Found * The requested URL was not found on this server. * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787887) * Soemthing’s wrong with your .htaccess file or how the web server is processing it.. Go to SETTINGS->PERMALINKS and click “save” to reset things. Sometimes that helps. If not, contact your host. * Thread Starter [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13787917) * You are a gem [@sterndata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) and a god for now at this point of time. I just saved the permalink settings and it just started working like a flash… * god what’s happening with my website.. * I could also observe few tables which are extra in my database which is in use which were not present earlier. * Thread Starter [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13795744) * [@sterndata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * One last help. Now my website is Okay but somehow the wordpress dashboard has become very slow. * Can I try optimizing the db from phpmyadmin? Will this help? or should I contact my hosting company for this? * I hope the data will not be disturbed if at all I am doing an optimize from phpmyadmin * Thanks Shashikant * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13797974) * You can try optimizing; I think you’re on an underpowered hosting platform. * Thread Starter [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13797987) * Huh! * You are right but I am on GODADDY…..no DADDY for that 😛 * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13798012) * Contact GoDaddy support. * Thread Starter [shashikant91](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shashikant91/) * (@shashikant91) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13798018) * But just to reconfirm am I safe without loosing the data when I optimize the database? * Just wanted to check before I approach them. If optimizing doesn’t help I have no other way except to contact GoDaddy Support * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13798058) * Yes, you’re safe. Viewing 14 replies - 16 through 29 (of 29 total) [←](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/?output_format=md) [1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/?output_format=md) 2 The topic ‘Database connection error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [database issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-issue/) * [database-connection-failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-connection-failed/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 29 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-connection-error-53/page/2/#post-13798058) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics