Tyler

Apparently it just took a couple hours. The blog page now shows up on the homepage, and I realized that I actually really like the way the blog posts display on the home page (once I set the featured image properly).

Thank you,
Tyler

My hosting company said someone logged in and deleted the database…

Had them change the password to cPanel and FTP and they restored from a very recent backup. Finally got a hold of them again and then it was back up almost instantly.

Thanks for the help

I called them today and I didn’t really know what to ask. They just said they haven’t had any issues they are aware of, everything was fine.

I suspected it may have been the host but I had absolutely no idea of what to even ask them to check on.

What would I be specifically asking them to do with my account to try to restore my site without them thinking it is just my fault and I screwed something up?

In CPanel I don’t show any databases in MySQL Databases section.

I know this is where I created one. How would MySQL ignore or delete my database info? On my domain login page it says can’t find “mydomain_wordpress” which is what I named the database, and in MySQL it says I don’t have any databases now.

I think the config file still points to the database, but the database isn’t listed in CPanel’s MySQL databases.

And I tried renaming the plugins folder and that didn’t do anything for me, it still says it can’t find the database

I think my problem is that wordpress can’t find the database. I also don’t know if my database is stored in any specific location as they say mydomain_wordpress or not.

When I go into MySQL it says I have no databases, but I know I created one somewhere when I did the WP install. PhP MyAdmin says something about my mydomain_wordpress database but I know nothing about what I am doing to figure out what that means.

I have an older backup, but no, I did not take any of the suggested precautions and now I am in this place with my church’s website. My fault.