Title: Error establishing a database connection
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Error establishing a database connection

 *  [staceyskry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staceyskry/)
 * (@staceyskry)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-779/)
 * I’m receiving this when I try to log onto my website: Error establishing a database
   connection.
 * It was working a few hours ago just fine. I published a new blog post this morning,
   could it crash because of traffic?
 * [http://www.perfectlypeyton.com](http://www.perfectlypeyton.com)

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-779/#post-7507429)
 * > could it crash because of traffic?
 *  No.
 * Either your wp-config.php is incorrect or the database is down.
 * Check with your host.

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