Db rate limiting shaunak

[shaunak1508]

Unable to visit my website: livingwithshaunak.000webhostapp.com

Even after filling this form (i dont know why this is popping), it shows database error and I am unable to visit my website. Kindly help.

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Seems to be working fine currently
Likely rate limiting

WordPress Installation Page / Rate Limiting Issue

It seems something has changed lately within WordPress and for a lot of users when WordPress cannot communicate with the database (due to rate limiting) then it displays the WordPress installation page - which is slightly confusing! Whereas before it would be an endless loading page, bad gateway error or the correct “Unable to select / connect to xyz database” When your free account exceeds the hourly database limitations which are set on the free plan, your database is simply frozen, no action…

Database Rate Limiting Policy (Free Plans)

As this is free hosting, there are going to be limits. However, what is available on the 000webhost free hosting platform is often abused by spammers. Because of this, we have implemented a new policy that limits the number of concurrent MySQL connections. These new limits are as listed below. Be sure to check the overall limits of a website as well. 30 concurrent connections (per database) max_queries_per_hour = 15000 (DB read) max_updates_per_hour = 5000 (DB write) Database size can …