Why does this page always appear to me? The site is working. Suddenly it appears, and when I reload the page, it disappears, but after a while it appears.
Try activating WP_DEBUG so you can fetch the actual error:
Many websites use MySQL databases to store information and settings. However, there are some reasons why the connection to the database may fail. This article describes some commonly seen error messages when connecting to a database, as well as some general tips to keep in mind when setting up a database connection.
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It seems your website is trying to open more connections to the database than those allowed:
Every database user is only allowed to have a limited number of database connections. If that limit is hit, additional connections cannot be opened until the number of active connections is reduced. This could explain why you only get the error sometimes: even a website that uses too many database connections will only sometimes see this issue.
You can try the advice @KangJL shared in the topic I linked:
And also check out this post which provides additional information and things you can try out:
The “max_user_connections” limit it set to prevent a single account from creating a ton of connections to the database and overloading the server, causing problems for everyone else.
Increasing the maximum number of connections would be the easy solution. But unless you host your own database server, you can’t change that limit. Note that this is a MySQL restrictions, not a PHP restriction.
Instead, there are some other things you could try:
If you have multiple websites on the same account,…
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November 20, 2023, 11:17pm
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