WordPress – error in establishing database connection.

Written by barb on July 9, 2015. Posted in Blog

This happened today when trying to view the front end of a site.

1. I tried to access the wp-admin.

2. A message came up saying one or more tables needed to be repaired.

3. I followed instructions for adding define(‘WP_ALLOW_REPAIR’, true); to the config.php file.

4. I tried again to load wp-admin and was offered the choice to have it attempt database repair.

5. It failed.

6. I went to phpMyAdmin and selected the wp_options table and initiated repair.

7. Happy Ending. All is well again.