Error establishing database connection
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I received an error page saying it is unable to establish a database connection. Nothing was changed for username and pw in wp-config. What does it mean if it can’t contact the localhost?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
Looks like you’re in the wrong forum. It appears that you’re using the open source WordPress.org software and you need to seek help at these forums:
https://wordpress.org/support/forums/
These forums are for WordPress.com hosted sites only. If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org you can read this document:
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@fstat, I was just curious and wanted to know, how is the above user’s site wordpress.org hosted if it is ‘design894675846.wordpress.com’?
As per my knowledge, sites in wordpress.com with a free plan comes with <sitename>.wordpress.com with it. At least that’s how I identify them.
Could you please explain? Also, please correct me if I am wrong here.
Thanks,
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staff-arya,
The site indicated in their post is not the site they need help with. We know this by reading their question – if they’re able to directly edit the wp-config file, then they’re not speaking about a WordPress.com site, nor does the mention of localhost have anything to do with WordPress.com. You’ll only ever encounter those terms if you’re working with a self-hosted WordPress installation.
The “blog I need help with” gets completed automatically with whatever is set as someone’s primary site in their account if they don’t manually select a site, so never assume that’s actually the site someone is asking about.
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I hope you won’t feel too silly, staff-arya. People confuse that; no worries. Now you know!
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