Title: Moved to different server
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Moved to different server

 *  Resolved [nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/)
 * (@nfiori)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/)
 * I recently moved to a different web host (from hostmonster to ixwebhosting) and,
   of course, the database names are different. I went into wp_config.php and changed
   the names and password, but it doesn’t connect to the database. Any ideas?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/#post-1839696)
 * Review [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress).
 *  Thread Starter [nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/)
 * (@nfiori)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/#post-1839698)
 * I did.
    It says if the URL stays the same, that the only thing that needs to 
   be changed is wp-config.php and everything else is uploaded as is.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/#post-1839701)
 * Try contacting your hosts. Right now, you’ve given very few details, so there’s
   not a lot we can do to help.
 *  Thread Starter [nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/)
 * (@nfiori)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/#post-1839703)
 * There aren’t many other details to give. I moved from one server to another, 
   domain name stays the same. The only thing that changed was the database name,
   and I’m not sure why it doesn’t connect.
    I called my host and they’re not sure
   how to fix the problem. They support MySQL so it should be able to run.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/#post-1839708)
 * If you are experiencing database connection errors, the fault is either with 
   your host’s database server or the database settings in your wp-config.php file.
 *  Thread Starter [nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/)
 * (@nfiori)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/#post-1839722)
 * Ok, I figured out the problem. WordPress couldn’t create the wp tables on the
   database.

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 * Last reply from: [nfiori](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nfiori/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moved-to-different-server/#post-1839722)
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