Title: Error establishing a database connection" Regularly,
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error establishing a database connection" Regularly,

 *  [udagama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/udagama/)
 * (@udagama)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/)
 * Today my site down two times (5 minutes and 10 minutes). After that every time(
   60%) when i log-in to my site, I got “Error establishing a database connection”.
   Why is that. I didn’t modify anything.

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404682)
 * Contact your host and look at the server logs. If everything is right on your
   end – and it must be if you can get to the server 40% of the time – then it is
   on the host end.
 *  [ishy26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ishy26/)
 * (@ishy26)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404689)
 * I have been having the same issue with all my sites an contacted my host and 
   they just messaged back saying its working for us..
 * It dose work for awhile then gives the error then works for little while then
   gives error like that last 2 days
 *  [ishy26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ishy26/)
 * (@ishy26)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404699)
 * My host has now said it may be because the number of hits per second and I’m 
   being blocked..
 * I’m guessing by hits per second he means traffic,
 * Thing is I’m not getting loads of traffic my sites between all 4 of them probs
   only get about 1500 hits a day..
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404704)
 * My host has now said it may be because the number of hits per second and I’m 
   being blocked..
 * >  May be? It is his job to know. Who is your host and what is your url?
 *  [ishy26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ishy26/)
 * (@ishy26)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404709)
 * Hi it’s all my sites not just a particular one, just checked traffic stats on
   one And it had massive amount of robot spider hits! Could that have been the 
   culprit?
    One of them is [http://myfavmeme.com](http://myfavmeme.com) & [http://trafficjeet.net](http://trafficjeet.net)
   and some more but too many to list all Seems to running okay now but still think
   il find better host. Must have been something to do with the massive spider surge
   one if my sites had never had that many before and not quite sure what they where
   doing or what
 *  Thread Starter [udagama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/udagama/)
 * (@udagama)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404727)
 * I have contacted the bluehost team, they requested that, “We need to check my
   WordPress site for check exact issue”. Then they request admin permission. So
   is it OK?
 *  [gheghici](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gheghici/)
 * (@gheghici)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404730)
 * This was happening before, or only now, after the last update of WordPress?
 *  [andy2grant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andy2grant/)
 * (@andy2grant)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404731)
 * it must be from server side . Or if you backup upload it ….it will work fine 
   again
 *  Thread Starter [udagama](https://wordpress.org/support/users/udagama/)
 * (@udagama)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-regularly/#post-3404732)
 * Thank you friends, your responds. Yes I think it should be Bluehost issue. Lest
   see what they mention after examine my site. Is it OK, if i allow them to log-
   in my site as an administrator.
 * This is a new blog, I started this site with WordPress latest version. (3.5.1)

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