Title: Accidentally changed database name
Last modified: June 12, 2019

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# Accidentally changed database name

 *  [Rollercoasterider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rollercoasterider/)
 * (@rollercoasterider)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-database-name/)
 * I accidentally changed my db password. But I changed back and I still get the
   same error.
    I checked wp.config and everything appears perfect.
 * I read previous answers and one issue was the same–someone accidentally changed
   the name and then changed it back.
 * The advice was to reset the privs.
    If this is what I need to do, how do I do
   this? If not, what should I do?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Faccidentally-changed-database-name%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-database-name/#post-11629372)
 * Did you switch hosts? If so, make sure you are looking at the wp-config.php file
   on the new hosting service.
 * Once you find a fix please tag the thread as resolved. Thank you.
 *  [Naweed Chougle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hypersonic/)
 * (@hypersonic)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-database-name/#post-11629389)
 * Can you check if the db user indeed has all the privileges to access the site’s
   database?
 * If not, you can use phpMyAdmin to grant all privileges to the database being 
   used.
 *  [Rajan Vijayan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rajanit2000/)
 * (@rajanit2000)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-database-name/#post-11629428)
 * [@rollercoasterider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rollercoasterider/)
 * Do you have access to phpMyAdmin, Or CPanel.
 * Check your DB and DB User credentials and Privileges.
 *  Thread Starter [Rollercoasterider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rollercoasterider/)
 * (@rollercoasterider)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-database-name/#post-11632286)
 * From cpanel file manager, I checked the privs in wp.config and they matched, 
   where else should I check?
 * I am changing hosts, but this blog was always with the same host–the original
   host was so unresponsive to support I had to rebuild rather than migrate and 
   so this is a rebuilt blog–easy to rebuild again, but rather not. I have the content
   saved, but full backups were corrupt.
 * > Can you check if the db user indeed has all the privileges to access the site’s
   > database?
 * Yeas, sure…somewhere other than wp.config? I could easily be missing something
   or everything, this tech stuff is not natural to me.
 * > If not, you can use phpMyAdmin to grant all privileges to the database being
   > used.
 * How?
 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-database-name/#post-11633052)
 * I’d advise contacting your host and asking for help at this point. Be very nice
   and tell them what we have suggested and they should be able/willing to get you
   back online.

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 * Last reply from: [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * Last activity: [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accidentally-changed-database-name/#post-11633052)
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