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Having an error appear on your WordPress site can certainly be terrifying if you don't know what caused it or how to fix it. The most dangerous sounding one can be the error establishing database connection which does not even let you log in to your site. In this video, we will show you how to fix the error establishing a database connection in WordPress.

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In this tutorial we will be recommending the use of FTP, for how to use FTP and what it is you would want to take a look at our article:

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The solutions we go through are:

- Editing the wp-config.php to pull up the repair prompt
- Checking the wp-congig.php that the connection options are correct
- Editing your MySQL with your host to attempt to fix the error

Published: Sunday, August 11, 2019 9:37 AM
Category: Wordpress WPBeginner

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