Title: Error establishing a database connection
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Error establishing a database connection

 *  [mtshastadesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtshastadesign/)
 * (@mtshastadesign)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-607/)
 * Help!
 * Using the new WordPress Media Upload module, while on a post, I was adding photos
   to a gallery in that post.
 * Got this message:
 * **Error establishing a database connection**
 * Now I can’t get into WordPress
 * How to correct?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-607/#post-5277161)
 * Please see:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Common_WordPress_Errors#Error_Establishing_Database_Connection](http://codex.wordpress.org/Common_WordPress_Errors#Error_Establishing_Database_Connection)

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 * [database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-connection/)
 * [error message](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-message/)

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 * Last reply from: [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-607/#post-5277161)
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