Title: wordpress error establishing database connection
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wordpress error establishing database connection

 *  [pedrokoblitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedrokoblitz/)
 * (@pedrokoblitz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-establishing-database-connection/)
 * My site went offline yesterday twice. The message I get is “Error establishing
   database connection”. It is inconstant so it must not be configuration.
 * The site is an wordpress instalation running as a CMS getting 1,500+ vistors /
   day.
 * I am including stats generated both by WP and PJW Inspect Cache Plugin and would
   like some advice on performance.
 * WordPress type quantity
    19/08/2009 posts 2024 tags 2784 categorias 87 páginas
   10 comentarios 503
 * plugins 15
 * PJW WP Cache Inspect
    11:30 19/08/2009
 * Cache Misses 323
    DB Queries 396 Time (sec) 2,041 options 2 default 1 users 10
   userlogins 10 useremail 10 userslugs 10 posts 42 post_tag 117 category 22 post_tag_relationships
   42 category_relationships 42 post_meta 42 terms 5

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-establishing-database-connection/#post-1183103)
 * Sounds like a problem with your server losing the connection to the database…
   I would contact the host.
 *  Thread Starter [pedrokoblitz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pedrokoblitz/)
 * (@pedrokoblitz)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-establishing-database-connection/#post-1183165)
 * I already did and am waiting for a response. But i figured it could be something
   WP related since the site is hosted on a reliable server.
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-establishing-database-connection/#post-1183203)
 * If you are always getting the warning, then it may be a problem with one of your
   settings. If it comes and goes, then it’s a connection issue with you host.

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

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-establishing-database-connection/#post-1183203)
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