GoDaddy Disabled My DataBase Because of StatPress WP Plugin!

Posted by Hesham in Consult, News, Open Source, Wordpress plugins, blogs, plugins, wordpressMar 15th, 2009 | 17 responses1,161 views

I wrote before when I got my blog “MyLifeThinking.com” down, I didn’t know what happened in the beginning, but after submitting more than 4 tickets to the support team at GoDaddy and losing my blog for 2 days I finally understand!


They say my database is causing the shared resources to be over-utilized. This, in turn, affects the usage by other customers, and there is some query that I have to change in Wordpress StatPress plugin, it was the cause of the problem, I think because I didn’t set StatPress to delete older data from the database, so the file got so big, so they had to disable my database!

But.. How Godaddy disabled my database with out inform me first?

I was thinking about that, and say to my self this is not good at all, if I am going to expect that GoDaddy will turn my blog off each time a plugin cause a problem, this will be a nightmare.

Anyways.. after debating lots about how to fix my problem, I got sick of waiting for their reply day after day and wasting my time, so decided to create another database from my panel, and restore MyLifeThinking.com database backup to it. I consider my self so lucky because I got this backup file just one week before they cut the database!

How I did it?

You may ask yourself how I could build the tables and the structure of the new created database, well.. let me explain to you how I did it, at the beginning I was not sure how to do it, so I remember that I can use the applications on GoDaddy to create a new installation for Wordpress, so I did it and created a new blog on a sub folder, then I changed the database information on the config.php file, and then the last step was importing the data to the new database.

In this process I lost one post and a few comments, I know that I can wait more time to get my blog online again, so I preferred to get it now!

Why I will live under GoDaddy merci?

Some times I can not see any reason for using Godaddy hosting service, I think that most successful blogers use other website hosting for their blogs instead of GoDaddy!

I am thinking to move to another host, or at least try anew one, so plz give me some good suggestions! I will appreciate if you do!

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17 Responses to “GoDaddy Disabled My DataBase Because of StatPress WP Plugin!”

  1. Bec Thomas says:
    March 15, 2009 at 4:56 AM

    Instead of just using the wordpress plug in just make a complete move over to wordpress. It’s what I use for my blog and it’s a good platform. I’m not so found of blogger, I orginally tried them out and feel it’s limited and a pain in the ass.

    Bec Thomas’s last blog post..End of an era for News Print Photographers

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    Hesham Reply:
    March 15th, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    @Bec Thomas, This is great news, me my self love WP and will never change to another platform! Thanks for your comment.. Where do you host your blog?

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  2. Kai Lo says:
    March 15, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    I don’t think there is anything wrong with GoDaddy hosting. They should have warned you or gave you a phone call before disabling your database though.

    Kai Lo’s last blog post..Closed Comments or No Responses

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    Hesham Reply:
    March 15th, 2009 at 6:49 PM

    @Kai Lo, Well, this is the first time I have this kind of problem, but GoDaddy talks to you only to let you know about their new offers :-p

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  3. Kai Lo says:
    March 15, 2009 at 7:32 PM

    Most people out there would only talk to you about their new offers/website anyway. They won’t help you unless they get rewarded somehow.

    Kai Lo’s last blog post..Closed Comments or No Responses

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    Hesham Reply:
    March 16th, 2009 at 12:51 PM

    @Kai Lo, You are right Kay!

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  4. creative says:
    March 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    go to hostgator hsred hosting, or mediatemple, they are the best one for shared platforms, but your should know that every host in the planet never notifies you before suspending your account..all are the same

    creative’s last blog post..java.sql.SQLException: Exhausted Resultset error in java

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    Hesham Reply:
    March 16th, 2009 at 12:51 PM

    @creative, Thank you for the links, I will check that!

    Well.. I have to put this in mind then!

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  5. Brian D. Hawkins says:
    March 16, 2009 at 5:59 PM

    I agree with creative, I use HostGator too but any of them will do exactly what GoDaddy did. I like HostGator because I can call rather than play the ticket submission game. I had to upgrade to a dedicated server because of my ad tracking site and they did email my to let me know but then shut my sites down at the same time. They said I was using over 25% of the server. I won’t be so greedy as to paste an affiliate link here. You can check them out directly but to be honest you are probably better off staying where you are unless you have other issues with GoDaddy. Especially if you have a lot of sites because changing servers can be a pain.

    Brian D. Hawkins’s last blog post..Why Not Just Ask For Subscribers?

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    Hesham Reply:
    March 16th, 2009 at 7:08 PM

    @Brian D. Hawkins, But what is their problem if you use 25% of your “dedicated ” server resources?

    I know this will be a big pain, but what I want to do it to have another hosting with another company, and use them both for some time until decide to move or not, The problem is not with my blogs, it’s more about my clients and to enhance my work.

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  6. elfams says:
    March 17, 2009 at 12:01 AM

    wow…good blog…and nice theme..

    elfams’s last blog post..SEO Service to market your site

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    Hesham Reply:
    March 17th, 2009 at 12:11 AM

    @elfams, Glad you like it, you can get a very nice and powerful themes by being a member of EleganTheme , Thanks for the visit!

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  7. Fred Cash says:
    May 15, 2009 at 2:43 AM

    I’ve been using the WP Statpress plugin for years and it’s always worked well for me. I do have issues with some of the other plugins like Wordbook, and the Onlywire Autoposter, but never have I had a problem with the Statpress plugin. I’ve used Godaddy hosting on some sites and it’s never been that easy in setting up a Wordpress on there, so I mostly recommend to not use Godaddy but rather another hosting company that has as stable platform for Wordpress. I usually recommend either Hostgator, 1and1, or SEOhosting. All of these give you the resources you need to get a Wordpress up easy and all the plugins work great. Thanks for sharing this and I’m going to dig in a little deeper to see what issues I can find with the Statpress plugin on Godaddy.

    Fred Cash’s last blog post..Why Use Payday Loans

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    Hesham Reply:
    September 18th, 2009 at 8:56 PM

    @Fred Cash, I think the problem was because I didn’t set up my plugin to delete files after 1 month, so the database queries was eating the bandwidth!

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  8. Gabriella Mckee says:
    September 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM

    This is great info. So good in fact that i’ll have to do a write up about it

    I have no problem buying my domains from godaddy but hosting….never!
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  9. Basic Websites says:
    December 11, 2009 at 9:41 PM

    I use Hostgator for all my websites now, I found GoDaddy to be a waste of space. With Hostgator I can speak to a real person (the instant chat option is excellent), the GoDaddy ticket system was very basic and is not as good as speaking to a real person.

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