# Wordpress install fails at the plugin stage

**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wordpress-install-fails-at-the-plugin-stage/41802
**Category:** Support apps
**Tags:** wordpress, english
**Created:** [March 11, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wordpress-install-fails-at-the-plugin-stage/41802 "2026-03-11T20:35:05Z")
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### Author: ![Qprq](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/qprq/32/6217_2.png) [@Qprq](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Qprq)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wordpress-install-fails-at-the-plugin-stage/41802/1 "2026-03-11T20:35:05Z")

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**What app is this about, and its version** : Wordpress, v6.9.1  
**What YunoHost version are you running** : 12.1.39  
**What type of hardware are you using** : Other(?)

### Describe your issue

I tried to install Wordpress on a fairly recent YunoHost on a dedicated server. First, I installed it at the root of the main domain, but I tried other options (subdomain, relative path…), none of wich worked. I didn’t activate the multisite option. I restarted the server at some point, and it didn’t solve the problem.

The main app install seems to work, the error is at the plugin installation step, the message being `Error establishing a database connection`.

I have seen in another topic that this could be caused by a conflict caused by a leftover database, it’s not the case here. I checked with phpMyAdmin, the wordpress database is created during install, and removed when the install fails.

Thanks for any input or pointers.

### Share relevant logs or error messages

> **[504 Gateway Time-out](https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/gobufexola)**

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### Author: ![otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/otm33/32/11941_2.png) [@otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/otm33)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wordpress-install-fails-at-the-plugin-stage/41802/2 "2026-03-11T22:44:07Z")

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Is php8.4 still installed and working ?

```auto
systemctl status php8.4-fpm

```

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### Author: ![Qprq](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/qprq/32/6217_2.png) [@Qprq](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Qprq)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2026, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wordpress-install-fails-at-the-plugin-stage/41802/3 "2026-03-12T05:59:54Z")

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Yes, php 8.4 is up and running. No error message since last reboot.

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### Author: ![Qprq](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/qprq/32/6217_2.png) [@Qprq](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/Qprq)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wordpress-install-fails-at-the-plugin-stage/41802/4 "2026-03-13T19:51:40Z")

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After reseting my domains to a sane state and rebooting the server, I managed to install Wordpress to `sub.domain.tld/blog`. I moved it to ` domain.tld/` and it works as intended.

I have no idea why it didn’t work before and how it worked then.

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### Author: ![system](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f59fe8e3ee6b100b4f574d30d6e30479c68b89f0.png) [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/wordpress-install-fails-at-the-plugin-stage/41802/5 "2026-03-28T19:52:27Z")

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