Title: Error establishing a database
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Error establishing a database

 *  [mjhoman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mjhoman/)
 * (@mjhoman)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-3/)
 * I have recently gotten a domain with GoDaddy.com Then I added WordPress that 
   they offered to my domain. Recently I could not get a WordPress Plugin to unzip
   and load, so I went to look over my data =base, had to set user password, but
   did not find anything there. I ended up going to my FTP to upload the plugin.
   Then, I was posting on WordPress, my free account, and found something that ask
   if I wanted to add my website or other blogs. Now my hosted domian shows in my
   free account as one of my blogs. And, I get a 500 error message, plus, “Error
   establishing a database connection”. I do not know what I did to cause this, 
   but I messed up something. I contacted my hosting service, but nothing n the 
   way of help as of yet. So here I am.

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 *  [RobinInTexas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robinintexas/)
 * (@robinintexas)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-3/#post-3720715)
 * It would be best to delete everything via FTP and start over by following the
   instructions here:
 * [http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/834/installing-wordpress-on-your-hosting-account?pc_split_value=1](http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/834/installing-wordpress-on-your-hosting-account?pc_split_value=1)

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## Tags

 * [500 error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/500-error/)
 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [no website](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/no-website/)
 * [Wordpress 3.5.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-3-5-1/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [RobinInTexas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robinintexas/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-3/#post-3720715)
 * Status: not resolved

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