{"id":1526,"date":"2019-02-08T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583327-how-to-fix-the-missing-mysql-extension-wordpress-error-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2019-02-08T10:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:35:56","slug":"1583327-how-to-fix-the-missing-mysql-extension-wordpress-error-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583327-how-to-fix-the-missing-mysql-extension-wordpress-error-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix the Missing MySQL Extension WordPress Error at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you get an error indicating “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress<\/b>“, <\/b>it means that you are using a PHP version that is incompatible with your script’s version. <\/p>

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This usually happens if your WordPress installation is outdated, as the MySQL extension<\/b> is deprecated (no longer supported) from PHP 7.0 and beyond. To fix this, it is strongly recommended<\/b> that you update your WordPress<\/a> <\/b>installation, themes, and plugins to their latest versions, both for security and performance<\/b> reasons.<\/p>

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As a temporary solution<\/b>, you can change the PHP version of your website to 5.6 or lower <\/b>by following this guide: How to Change the PHP Version for Subfolders<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fixing the “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress” 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":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583327-how-to-fix-the-missing-mysql-extension-wordpress-error-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583327-como-solucionar-el-error-de-falta-de-extension-mysql-en-wordpress-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583327-comment-reparer-l-erreur-wordpress-de-l-extension-mysql-manquante-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583327-cara-memperbaiki-kesalahan-wordpress-ekstensi-mysql-yang-hilang-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583327-como-corrigir-o-erro-do-wordpress-de-extensao-mysql-ausente-no-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526","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=1526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}