Title: Connection error
Last modified: October 2, 2019

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# Connection error

 *  Resolved [mity123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mity123/)
 * (@mity123)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-error-32/)
 * Hello,
    I have this error: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2054] The server requested authentication
   method unknown to the client but link in the FAQ does not work.
 * How to solve this problem?
 * Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Author [Kerfred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerfred/)
 * (@kerfred)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-error-32/#post-11989358)
 * This post may help you: [https://serverfault.com/questions/385378/mysql-connect-the-server-requested-authentication-method-unknown-to-the-clien](https://serverfault.com/questions/385378/mysql-connect-the-server-requested-authentication-method-unknown-to-the-clien)
   
   Apparently this is due to an old version of MySQL used on your server.

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