Title: WEBSITE DOWN
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# WEBSITE DOWN

 *  [debra400](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debra400/)
 * (@debra400)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-down-2/)
 * My website has been down since about 3 PM EST. I get the following error:
 * 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.
 * My other websites, on the same host, are working fine. I also had problems yesterday.
   I had no issues since installing this software until I activated Akismet. Can
   anyone help me?

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 *  [Trent Adams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trent/)
 * (@trent)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-down-2/#post-525344)
 * I would imagine that you should probably contact your host because if you username
   and password to your database for that particular site is correct in your wp-
   config.php, it would mean that the mySQL server is not running on your site. 
   Contact your host would be the best bet and double check that you have the correct
   information in your wp-config.php file because that error specifically means 
   that it cannot talk with the database.
 * Trent
 *  Thread Starter [debra400](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debra400/)
 * (@debra400)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-down-2/#post-525349)
 * Thank you, Trent. I’ve contacted them and included your reply. I appreciate your
   help.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [debra400](https://wordpress.org/support/users/debra400/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-down-2/#post-525349)
 * Status: not resolved

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