Title: WordPress database error Deadlock
Last modified: April 19, 2022

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# WordPress database error Deadlock

 *  [dimal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimalifragis/)
 * (@dimalifragis)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-deadlock-4/)
 * Hello.
 * Any ideas from where that comes from? How can i debug more this?
 * [19-Apr-2022 01:08:57 UTC] WordPress database error Deadlock found when trying
   to get lock; try restarting transaction for query DELETE FROM `wp_options` WHERE`
   option_name` = ‘_site_transient_theme_roots’ made by require(‘wp-blog-header.
   php’), require_once(‘wp-load.php’), require_once(‘wp-config.php’), require_once(‘
   wp-settings.php’), do_action(‘init’), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters,
   cptch_init, bws_include_init, wp_get_themes, search_theme_directories, get_site_transient,
   delete_site_option, delete_network_option, delete_option
 * This is ALL the debug log contains, 2-3 times per day.
 * Thanks

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 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-deadlock-4/#post-15572104)
 * It usually means that there is an application that locked the table because it
   didn’t finish to update a record in the DB.
 * Because of the lock, you cannot write to that table in that given moment.
 * If that happens very often, you would need to try to debug your blog and to find
   out which application (probably a plugin or theme) is locking the table.
 *  Thread Starter [dimal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dimalifragis/)
 * (@dimalifragis)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-deadlock-4/#post-15572235)
 * [@a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/) Thanks. I already
   found the explanation of the issue on the web.
 * The question is does the above log gives ANY information where to search? I have
   a lot of plugins ….
 * Also could that be a theme issue? Or definitely a plugin?
 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-deadlock-4/#post-15576666)
 * > Also could that be a theme issue? Or definitely a plugin?
 * It could be that.

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-deadlock-4/#post-15576666)
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