Title: Database Error on Plugin Updates
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Error on Plugin Updates

 *  [nickaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickaster/)
 * (@nickaster)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-on-plugin-updates/)
 * I just got this error updating a plugin for the second time:
 * WordPress database error: [MySQL server has gone away]
    SELECT autoload FROM 
   wp_options WHERE option_name = ‘_site_transient_update_plugins’
 * This happened to be the “broken link checker” plugin, but it happened yesterday
   on a different one. Everything seems to be working fine, however…
 * Any idea what this is and whether I should be concerned?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-on-plugin-updates/#post-1842146)
 * Sounds like the database server dropped the connection. If this continues to 
   happen, try contacting your hosts.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-error-on-plugin-updates/#post-1842146)
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