Title: [Plugin: CloudFlare] Optimized database, now not working at all
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: CloudFlare] Optimized database, now not working at all

 *  [freemovement](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freemovement/)
 * (@freemovement)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cloudflare-optimized-database-now-not-working-at-all/)
 * I updated my Cloudflare plugin this morning. After doing so I was prompted to
   optimise my database again. I did so, or at least pressed the button to do so,
   and now my website is totally down. I thought that perhaps the plugin was just
   getting on with the optimising for a while, but it is now 10 hours later and 
   I’m still just getting a “Error establishing a database connection” message no
   matter whether I go to the front end of the website or attempt to log in.
 * I’ve checked my wp-config.php file and the log in information appears to be correct.
   I’ve got absolutely no idea where else to try and start putting this right.
 * I’d be pathetically grateful for any help or pointers. Needless to say, this 
   appears to be the very opposite of an optimised database!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cloudflare/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cloudflare/)

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 *  [Patrick Nommensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pnommensen/)
 * (@pnommensen)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cloudflare-optimized-database-now-not-working-at-all/#post-2634655)
 * This did not happen to me when I updated the plugin. Do you have a backup of 
   the database available?
 *  Thread Starter [freemovement](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freemovement/)
 * (@freemovement)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cloudflare-optimized-database-now-not-working-at-all/#post-2634662)
 * Unfortunately not.
 *  Thread Starter [freemovement](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freemovement/)
 * (@freemovement)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cloudflare-optimized-database-now-not-working-at-all/#post-2634681)
 * Sorted, courtesy of my helpful hosts, United Hosting:
 * “when I checked your database connections were being locked out and it clogs 
   the mysql server, and we had to restart the mysql service to get them all under
   control”
 *  [Patrick Nommensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pnommensen/)
 * (@pnommensen)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cloudflare-optimized-database-now-not-working-at-all/#post-2634688)
 * That’s odd..glad they got you squared away 🙂

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Patrick Nommensen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pnommensen/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-cloudflare-optimized-database-now-not-working-at-all/#post-2634688)
 * Status: not resolved