Title: Database Backup error 504
Last modified: January 25, 2019

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# Database Backup error 504

 *  [elpocas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elpocas/)
 * (@elpocas)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-error-504/)
 * Hello, when I try to login to my page, It tells me I need to update my database.
   When I press the button, I get an Error 504 Gateway timeout message. The site
   is _[ redundant link removed ]_
 * Is there a simple fix?
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress
      topic
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdatabase-backup-error-504%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-error-504/#post-11127784)
 * Time to call your web host (looks like Blue Host to me) for help. This seems 
   to be a server issue.

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## Tags

 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [Error 504](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/error-504/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-backup-error-504/#post-11127784)
 * Status: not resolved

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