Title: WordPress killing PHP5-FPM?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress killing PHP5-FPM?

 *  [Simba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simbalion/)
 * (@simbalion)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-killing-php5-fpm/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve got a number of websites running on nginx using WordPress and a problem 
   has begun in recent weeks with php5-fpm crashing and requiring a restart. The
   error it gives is
 * `"connect() to unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock failed (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
   while connecting to upstream"`
 * The only thing in common between these several servers is nginx and wordpress.
   I am concluding that something in the most recent wordpress patch might be causing
   these crashes.
 * Is anyone else **with many web properties operating on php5-fpm** experiencing
   similar issues?

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-killing-php5-fpm/#post-7240390)
 * Nope, WordPress works fine on php5-fpm. I ran my site on that for years till 
   I switched to php7-fpm.
 * Instead of socket have you considered switching to 127.0.0.1:9000? That’s never
   given me any grief.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-killing-php5-fpm/#post-7240390)
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