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Atanas Sqnkov
Atanas Sqnkov
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Posted by Atanas Sqnkov
Atanas Sqnkov
14,981 Points

Problem with the installation.

I get a "Error establishing a database connection" after I try to continue with the wordpress installation. What should I do to proceed?

Both my Apache and MySql are running in XAMPP.

3 Answers

Atanas Sqnkov
Atanas Sqnkov
14,981 Points
Atanas Sqnkov
Atanas Sqnkov
14,981 Points

Problem fixed, I removed the password root. There was no "root" password in the users tab for the root user.

Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
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Petros Sordinas
Petros Sordinas
16,181 Points

Have you created a database and user for wordpress?

Is your SQL server running?

Did you enter the correct database settings, user name and password in the wordpress installer?

Atanas Sqnkov
Atanas Sqnkov
14,981 Points
Atanas Sqnkov
Atanas Sqnkov
14,981 Points

As I wrote above, both my Apache and MySql are at green state.

I entered username: root, password: root as stated in the video. He didn't create a username with a password in the video.