Only my forum site is down - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/ Discussion Board en-US Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:36:00 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Only my forum site is down https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56320 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:08:19 +0000
Posted by: @percysgrowroom

Hi guys, this morning i got up to my forum being down completely:

Error establishing a database connection

I have other sites on the same server and they are all working fine. Just the forum site is down...... I have the host trying to find the error, but i thought I would come here and let you know. 

As the other sites are working fine, I assume this is something to do with the software jsut on my forum? 

Any ideas? 

 

Are all sites using the same POOL? Memory, DB, processes?

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 dimalifragis https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56320 RE: Only my forum site is down https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56308 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:59:58 +0000 @martin Cool, thanks for the info Martin. 

I have a virus scanner on my cpanel so i will have the host look into that too. 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Macky https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56308 RE: Only my forum site is down https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56307 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:58:39 +0000 @percysgrowroom,

It doesn't matter. Your website with the forum is actively used, and you have lots of plugins on it. There are tons of different, so It's not correct to compare. Your forum website could be hacked too. If the hosting has some marvel scanner, they should scan the website.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Martin https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56307 RE: Only my forum site is down https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56306 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:55:42 +0000 How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Macky https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56306 RE: Only my forum site is down https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56303 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:49:14 +0000 @percysgrowroom,

I'd recommend you contact to hosting support and let them know. They'll say the reason of this problem. It's either, the MySQL server is down or your website is hacked. In any case, you should find error reports or get some info from the hosting. This is the website issue, not the forum. This error doesn't concern to the forum plugin. 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Martin https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56303 Only my forum site is down https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56302 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:45:36 +0000 Hi guys, this morning i got up to my forum being down completely:

Error establishing a database connection

I have other sites on the same server and they are all working fine. Just the forum site is down...... I have the host trying to find the error, but i thought I would come here and let you know. 

As the other sites are working fine, I assume this is something to do with the software jsut on my forum? 

Any ideas? 

 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Macky https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/only-my-forum-site-is-down/#post-56302