Title: Warning: mysql_connect(): User USER already has more than 'max_user_con Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Warning: mysql_connect(): User USER already has more than 'max_user_con * [insightds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insightds/) * (@insightds) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/) * Hi My website has stated getting about 60 registered users however I keep getting this error below. * I am using a JUSTHOST VPS Server * Warning: mysql_connect(): User USER already has more than ‘max_user_connections’ active connections in * /home1/URḺ/public_html/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1549 Error establishing a database connection This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact * the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down. * Are you sure you have the correct username and password? Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? Are you sure that the database server is running? If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit * the WordPress Support Forums. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Tanveer Sure](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsure/) * (@tsure) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-7719329) * Hi, * This is likely an issue with the hosting provider. If this is a free hosting, then these issues are quite common. WordPress recommends some hosting providers which you can find here: * [https://wordpress.org/hosting/](https://wordpress.org/hosting/) * Additionally, you may want to take a look at a similar thread discussion: * [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-xxxxxxxx_wp-already-has-more-than-max_user_connections-active-connections?replies=8](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-xxxxxxxx_wp-already-has-more-than-max_user_connections-active-connections?replies=8) * Thread Starter [insightds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insightds/) * (@insightds) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-7719330) * I am using a VPS sever with Bluehost (Just host) and unfortunately the link provided does not give any answers. * Anyone else able to give a solution ? * [Tanveer Sure](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsure/) * (@tsure) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-7719331) * Hi, * Ok, so good to know that you are on one of the recommended hosting providers. Could you just confirm with them what the max_user_connections is set to? * Just making sure it isn’t set to 0. * ~Tanveer * [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/) * (@lukecavanagh) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-7723668) * [@insightds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insightds/) * So if you look at * [https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/2521](https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/2521) * If you SSH into your server, then look in the /etc folder you will find a my. cnf file. * Open the my.cnf file in your favorite editor. * [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/user-resources.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/user-resources.html) * What value does it currently show as being used on max_user_connections? * Thread Starter [insightds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insightds/) * (@insightds) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-8137011) * Thanks Luke * Here are my etc/my.cnf settings * [mysqld] local-infile=0 default-storage-engine=MyISAM interactive_timeout=30 key_cache_block_size=4096 max_heap_table_size=32M max_join_size=1000000000 max_allowed_packet =268435456 open_files_limit=10000 query_cache_size=32M thread_cache_size=100 tmp_table_size=32M wait_timeout=60 max_connections = 200 max_user_connections =20 myisam_recover_options=FORCE innodb_file_per_table=1 innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit =0 innodb_purge_threads=1 innodb_support_xa=0 innodb_thread_concurrency=8 pid- file=”/var/lib/mysql/mysqld.pid” innodb_buffer_pool_size=124780544 * I am getting a classroom of students to login to the website using the same login details. Is there something I can change to let this work without breaking? * [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/) * (@lukecavanagh) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-8149839) * [@insightds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insightds/) * So you could increase * max_user_connections=50 * Thread Starter [insightds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insightds/) * (@insightds) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-8153102) * Thank you everyone for your time and help. * Hopefully everything should be all sorted now. * Cheers * [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/) * (@lukecavanagh) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-8160317) * [@insightds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/insightds/) * Good to hear. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Warning: mysql_connect(): User USER already has more than 'max_user_con’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [max user connections](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/max-user-connections/) * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/) * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-host/#post-8160317) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics