using GoDaddy to host wordpress

I have no problems with GoDaddy and WordPress….whats the error message ?? Did you set up your config file correctly with username and password for the dbs and also the correct DBS Host ??

My wp-config.php file :

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘your_DB_name’);
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘your_User_Name’);
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘your_DB_password’);
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘mysql##.secureserver.net’);

I called customer service yesterday and they said the problem was that my website was hosted on a computer running Windows and it needed to be on a server running Linux instead. The customer support lady switched my site over to GoDaddy’s linux servers and now wordpress works fine.

really? i’m having trouble with mine at godaddy too….
maybe i should call them too

hey barry, is your computer running on linux or windows? because it turned out that i purchased economy plan w/asp, and php is not supported. and i can’t swith to economy w/php because that’s only for linux. so now i have to upgrade to deluxe just so both asp/php are supported. shooot… additional cost. oh well. i hope this works this time. still need to wait at least 24 hours.

Next time, go with Micfo.com… amazing hosting, affordable prices.

Hey this was very helpful. I’m bummed that I needed to upgrade to deluxe as well. Hopefully this will now work. Live and learn. I’ll probably change my hosting next year.

Has anyone been able to install WordPress on a GoDaddy Windows server? I’m using deluxe hosting with ASP but PHP is also supported. However, I’m getting a “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress” error. I’m pretty sure my wp-config.php file is setup correctly. Any suggestions (other than switching to Linux — all my files are ASP.Net)?

It appears from many posts over time that whatever godaddy is providing with its windows hosting packages as far as databases, its NOT mysql. WP only runs on mysql databases. If godaddy doesn’t provide mysql on its windows hosting then you can’t get WP to run on it.

GoDaddy’s Windows deluxe hosting w/ ASP offers MSSql Server and MySql DB’s. I have a MySql DB setup.

Or (to add to what vkaryl said above), sometimes even if both PHP and MySQL are installed – they don’t “talk” to each other when you see an error message like the one you quoted.
Talk to your host!

That’s nice to know, ThomasHigginbottom, doesn’t seem that way from many fairly recent threads. Again, though, you’d have to ask godaddy.

I found this help file on GoDaddy – https://help.godaddy.com/article.php?article_id=248&topic_id=111&& – so it must be possible. I’m not sure what i could be doing wrong though.

So your wp-config.php file includes everything that godaddy shows in that knowledgebase article? Your server name etc. is all correct?

If so, then you probably should put in a trouble ticket or give them a call.

[I tried searching for “godaddy windows server working install” and various other keyphrases – I didn’t find anything that indicated anyone had been able to get it to work….]

I got it to work by commenting out lines 53 and 54 of wp-settings.php (in case anyone else has this problem).

Wow. That’s digging…. yeah, be nice for the next poor guy with the problem! Hopefully search will be fixed before then….