Title: Database error Last modified: April 13, 2020 --- # Database error * Resolved [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-308/) * Hi folks, * I recently changed theme for a site and updated it a bit. Since then, I’m getting this error every couple of days or so: * `WordPress database error Commands out of sync; you can't run this command now for query SELECT autoload FROM ajlzt_options WHERE option_name = 'rank_math_notifications' made by shutdown_action_hook, do_action('shutdown'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook- >apply_filters, MyThemeShop\Notification_Center->update_storage, delete_option` * I get the same sort of error for the plugin Asset Cleanup. * Any ideas where to look after? * Thanks. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/) * (@rankmath) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-308/#post-12672303) * Hello [@dsl225](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * Thank you for contacting the support. * Please update to the latest version of the plugin and then clear the cache. * After clearing the cache, please click on these buttons in Status & Tools section: [https://i.rankmath.com/gdJpkK](https://i.rankmath.com/gdJpkK) * Please let us know if that helps. * Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-308/#post-12675805) * Many thanks for this, good to know those settings exist. Looks better already but prefer to wait a bit and see what happens. Marking this as resolved for the time being and will get back here if it happens again. * Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/) * (@rankmath) * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-308/#post-12675874) * Hello [@dsl225](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * Sure, please. * We are here if you need any assistance. Thank you. * Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-308/#post-12818348) * Hi folks, * I thought I would let you know that I’m still getting the same every now and then. * `WordPress database error Commands out of sync; you can't run this command now for query SELECT autoload FROM ajlzt_options WHERE option_name = 'rank_math_notifications' made by shutdown_action_hook, do_action('shutdown'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook- >apply_filters, MyThemeShop\Notification_Center->update_storage, delete_option` * I did the recommended actions above but still getting the same error every 2- 3 days. Everything runs normally though and I can’t see any issues caused by this. * Plugin Author [Rank Math SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rankmath/) * (@rankmath) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-308/#post-12838992) * Hello [@dsl225](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * Upon researching further online, we found that few other users have reported such issues with WPML, Shield, etc. plugins. * **The most common reasons for this error are** **1.** Cache plugin – You can check if the error is logged again by clearing/disabling the cache plugin and also on the server-side. * **2.** Memory getting exhausted – If the log file is showing memory-related errors then this could be the reason * 3. A theme or a plugin is running a query and not completing it – You can check if another plugin is not causing this problem by creating a staging site with only Rank Math plugin activated. * Following are the links of the issues where other users have reported this error: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-commands-out-of-sync/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-commands-out-of-sync/) [https://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/branda-wordpress-database-error-commands-out-of-sync-you-cant-run-this-command-now-for-qu/](https://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/branda-wordpress-database-error-commands-out-of-sync-you-cant-run-this-command-now-for-qu/) [https://wpml.org/forums/topic/database-error-commands-out-of-sync/](https://wpml.org/forums/topic/database-error-commands-out-of-sync/) * Hope that helps. Thank you. * Thread Starter [John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsl225/) * (@dsl225) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-308/#post-12839180) * Thanks for investigating this. I’ll check this further then. 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