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Posted by Liz Pineda
Liz Pineda
2,254 Points

Error message

Error establishing a database connection This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server

Help!

1 Answer

Luis Vazquez
Luis Vazquez
6,370 Points
Luis Vazquez
Luis Vazquez
6,370 Points

Hi Liz,

Make sure that the database, username, password, and host within the wp-config.php are correct.

If it matches and you're still having problems, try changing DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, and DB_HOST to this:

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'root');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');

/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

If it still doesn't work, add copy and paste lines 17 - 40 of your wp-config.php file in a comment on this thread and I'll try to help you some more.

-Luis