Accidently Deleted ‘wp-config’ – Error Establishinga Database Connection Error!

  • I’ve accidentally deleted wp-config. ??

    Is there anyway of backing up all my posts or fixing my blog? I really would appreciate all the help I can get. It really means alot.

    “Error establishing a database connection” message showing.

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  • For backing up your blog you would need the database connection credentials as they are stored inside of your wp-config file.

    In case you still know these credentials you can recreate the wp-config file and your blog is working again.
    If you haven’t got the credentials anymore, then – well – you’ll have a problem…

    Don’t you have the file on your computer or didn’t you use FTP to get it on your server?

    I did that once (and only once) back when I was first starting to run WordPress sites. I was able to contact my Hosting company and they did a ‘restore’ on my site, restoring it to what they had as their latest backup (24 hours earlier). Once they did that, the wp-config file was there, and I did my own backup, and then upgraded once again, this time making sure I didn’t delete that file.

    So you might want to contact your host as soon as possible, before they have a backup of your site without the wp-config file.

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