{"id":1300,"date":"2019-10-16T09:37:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T09:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/10\/16\/3417446-how-to-fix-the-503-error-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","slug":"3417446-how-to-fix-the-503-error-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3417446-how-to-fix-the-503-error-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix the 503 Error at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"h_9e3a08381c\">What Is a 503 Error?<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Error<\/b> <b>503<\/b> (<b>Service Temporarily Unavailable<\/b>) means that the resource limits of your hosting plan are being reached The most common reasons are a poorly optimized website, or if your has outgrown your current plan. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_e5b39c403e\">How to Fix 503 Error<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">First, make sure that your website <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583325-how-to-optimize-my-website-to-make-it-load-faster\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">is fully optimized<\/a><\/b>. Poorly optimized websites can reach limits without much traffic, topping the resources of even the strongest hosting plans.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If the issue persists after optimization, check the <b><a href=\"\/support\/2436138-how-to-check-order-usage-inside-my-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Resources Usage<\/a> <\/b>details and try the following solutions, depending on which limit was reached:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1583532-order-usage-is-showing-that-hosting-plan-limits-were-reached#h_fe1ee5bf3c\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">CPU<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1583532-order-usage-is-showing-that-hosting-plan-limits-were-reached#h_7f6573c7cd\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Disk Usage (IO\/IOPS)<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1583532-order-usage-is-showing-that-hosting-plan-limits-were-reached#h_ab3eff0215\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">RAM and Processes<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"#h_35acc1c2d3\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Exceeded inodes and disk space limits<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_35acc1c2d3\">Exceeded Inodes and Disk Space Limits<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If you find a 503 error on your website while the resource usage is low, it may be a matter of disk space and\/or inodes. You can check the disk usage by navigating to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> &rarr; Manage<\/b>, search for <b>Resources Usage<\/b> on the left sidebar and click on it:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/10\/60089ba3-ad07-48f6-9297-5c068d296674.jpg\" alt=\"The hPanel sidebar showing to select Resources Usage\" width=\"250\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">You will find the charts for disk usage in GB and inodes in inode count:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/10\/96b93785-1729-42a9-9f68-c5234c4132e0.jpg\" alt=\"The disk and inode usage graphs showing exceeded inode limit\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If your inode or disk usage exceeds the limit, Hostinger&rsquo;s hPanel provides an option to automatically reduce inode usage and identify the directories consuming the most space.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/10\/bf8eb33f-a652-4455-9193-8ba3539d6b48.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If your site has exceeded the limit of inodes or the amount of disk space, you have a few alternatives: <\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you expect an increased need for more storage for a 24 hours or less, you can <b><a href=\"\/support\/6121051-how-can-i-boost-my-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">boost your hosting plan<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Delete all unnecessary files<\/b> (cache files, duplicates, any old backup files, etc.). Before deleting, you can <b><a href=\"\/support\/2298928-how-to-make-backups-at-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">generate a backup<\/a><\/b> and download it to your local device, in case you may want to recover any files in the future. You can also identify <b><a href=\"\/support\/5776151-how-to-check-inodes-and-disk-usage-per-directory\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">which exact folders<\/a> <\/b> are generating too many inodes\/taking too much disk space and focus the cleanup there<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Store large files, such as videos and images on Google Drive <b><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/drive\/answer\/2494822?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">and add the public links<\/a><\/b> to them on your site<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you definitely need all your current files and prefer to store them all in one place, you can<b> <a href=\"\/support\/1583459-how-can-i-upgrade-my-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">upgrade your hosting plan<\/a><\/b> &ndash; this way, you will get more storage and a higher inode limit &#128640; <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fixing the 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-troubleshooting"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3417446-how-to-fix-the-503-error-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/3417446-que-es-el-error-503-y-como-solucionarlo-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/3417446-qu-est-ce-que-l-erreur-503-et-comment-la-reparer\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/3417446-apa-itu-error-503-dan-bagaimana-cara-mengatasinya-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/3417446-o-que-e-o-erro-503-e-como-corrigi-lo-no-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/3417446----503--hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4943,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300\/revisions\/4943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}