Title: WordPress Database Error: Access Denied
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Database Error: Access Denied

 *  [RyanDM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryandm/)
 * (@ryandm)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-access-denied/)
 * All I have been successfully running my family blog with WP v 1.5 for several
   years.
 * Last week when attempting to make a new post to my site, I got the following 
   error stating that access was denied to my database and that header info could
   not be modified.
 * Here is a screen shot:
    [http://www.milovision.com/WordPress_DB_Error_Access_Denied_2.jpg](http://www.milovision.com/WordPress_DB_Error_Access_Denied_2.jpg)
 * I haven’t touched these *.php files in months. I don’t know how this became corrupt\
   non functional.
 * Can anyone help? THANKS!
 * Ryan

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 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-access-denied/#post-1242555)
 * If your site is [http://ryanandjennimcintire.com/](http://ryanandjennimcintire.com/)
   then it has been hacked. See:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
 * Since you can’t restore your backed up database to the current version of WordPress,
   you’ll need to do it to the same old version and then upgrade immediately. Your
   very old version of WordPress is vulnerable to many hacks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/249060](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/249060)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/](http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended](http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress_Extended)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup)
 * BTW, the hack may be in your database as well, so that will need to be checked
   or a non-hacked backup copy (if you have one) used instead.
 *  Thread Starter [RyanDM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryandm/)
 * (@ryandm)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-access-denied/#post-1242645)
 * Wow. Yes That is my site. Dang. Thank you very much for the info. I’ll get on
   it…
    Cheers. Ryan

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-access-denied/#post-1242645)
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