Title: Error establishing database connection
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error establishing database connection

 *  Resolved [rochestechiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rochestechiro/)
 * (@rochestechiro)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/)
 * I cannot access my blog or its control panel. Any link gets “error establishing
   database connection” suddenly the past two days.
 * rochesterchiro.wordpress.com
    kinslerpress.com/blog
 * Thank you.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/#post-3291623)
 * Are these both wordpress.com sites?
 *  Thread Starter [rochestechiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rochestechiro/)
 * (@rochestechiro)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/#post-3291630)
 * These are links to the same site. It is a self-hosted WordPress.org site. The
   dot com address redirects to the .org site.
 * Thanks
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/#post-3291631)
 * rochesterchiro.wordpress.com is a wordpress.com site.
 *  Thread Starter [rochestechiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rochestechiro/)
 * (@rochestechiro)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/#post-3291642)
 * it was a .com site. Now it should just redirect to the .org site.
 *  [Vignesh Pichamani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viky081/)
 * (@viky081)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/#post-3291649)
 * Its automatically repair db the problem when you entered the
    `define('WP_ALLOW_REPAIR',
   true);` In wp-config.php
 * and try out the
    [http://kinslerpress.com/blog/wp-admin/](http://kinslerpress.com/blog/wp-admin/)
 *  Thread Starter [rochestechiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rochestechiro/)
 * (@rochestechiro)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/#post-3291650)
 * In looking for that file, I realized this is a .com site. My other wordpress 
   is a .org. I will move to the other support section. sorry.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [rochestechiro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rochestechiro/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-database-connection-60/#post-3291650)
 * Status: resolved

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