Changing your WordPress theme is a good way to unlock new functionality or give your site a fresh look. And while switching themes isn’t as simple as a click of a button, don’t let fear leave your website lacking. 

Take a deep breath, follow the steps methodically, and make sure you have time available to do a complete and careful job — and an improved, more modern, more usable version of your website can become a reality.

Most of the time, your website’s database will run quietly in the background, retrieving the requested information on demand. But if there’s a problem, you may encounter the following warning: “Error establishing a database connection.”

Fortunately, there are various ways to fix this common WordPress error. By working your way through these possible fixes, you can get your site back on track as quickly as possible.

In this post, we’ll discuss why your site may be struggling to connect to its underlying MySQL database. We’ll then share seven ways to fix the “Error establishing database connection” issue in WordPress. 

You’ve put a lot of work into creating the pages and blog posts on your WordPress site. You carefully wrote each word of content, tweaked the design until it was perfect, and added beautiful images. 

But then, something happens and you accidentally delete your work. What do you do? You certainly don’t want to start from scratch!

Don’t worry — this is a pretty common issue, and one that’s completely solvable. So let’s take a step back and look at how WordPress handles deleted posts and pages. Then we’ll walk through several ways to restore your valuable content.