Support » Fixing WordPress » Temporary "Error establishing a database connection"

  • Resolved psheld

    (@psheld)


    This just happened for the second time in two weeks, and perhaps they’re the only two instances I know about.

    All six of my WordPress sites become unresponsive for about three minutes, displaying “Error establishing a database connection” in admin and for the public pages.

    I wait. Then it’s resolved.

    I can’t find any fixes that related to such a temporary flaw. All ideas most welcome, thanks.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    That would mean that your database server is going offline. I recommend asking your hosting provider to take a look. It will help if you can provide them with exact dates and times of the dropped connections.

    Thread Starter psheld

    (@psheld)

    Thanks James, I’ll ping them now.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    You’re welcome!

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