Title: Error Message
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error Message

 *  Resolved [mocoho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mocoho/)
 * (@mocoho)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-148/)
 * Hi, when I go to my site, I get this message:
 * Error establishing a database connection
 * I’m really new to this and would love any advice on how to fix!
 * Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-148/#post-3241689)
 * You need to verify your database details with your hosts.
 *  Thread Starter [mocoho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mocoho/)
 * (@mocoho)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-148/#post-3241690)
 * Thanks, Esmi… I have no idea how to even do that…
 * Where do I start?
 * Thanks!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-148/#post-3241692)
 * Start by contacting your hosts and finding out if there is a problem at their
   end.
 *  Thread Starter [mocoho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mocoho/)
 * (@mocoho)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-148/#post-3241694)
 * Ok, Thanks!

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## Tags

 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [site down](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/site-down/)

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [mocoho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mocoho/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-148/#post-3241694)
 * Status: resolved

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