Title: WordPress Installation
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress Installation

 *  [charizars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charizars/)
 * (@charizars)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-12/)
 * I am trying to install WordPress via Web Platform Installer 4.0 and it is telling
   me that the specified password for user account ‘root’ is not valid or failed
   to connect to the database server. I have tried everything I can think of. I 
   have reinstalled MySQL, but still the same error message.

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 *  [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * (@richardwpg)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-12/#post-3028673)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [charizars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charizars/)
 * (@charizars)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-12/#post-3028682)
 * I have read that link, but none of it is helping me. I know the password for 
   my database is correct, but I still get the fail to connect when I try to install
   via web platform installer or web matrix

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## Tags

 * [failed install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/failed-install/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [charizars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charizars/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-12/#post-3028682)
 * Status: not resolved

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