Title: Persistent database connection updater Author: Bibin Kurian Published: Agustus 21, 2014 Last modified: Agustus 21, 2014 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/persistent-database-connection-updater. svg) # Persistent database connection updater By [Bibin Kurian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bibinkurian/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/persistent-database-connection-updater/#description) * [Reviews](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/persistent-database-connection-updater/#reviews) * [Installation](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/persistent-database-connection-updater/#installation) * [Development](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/persistent-database-connection-updater/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/) ## Description This WordPress plugin automatically updates the MySQL database connection to persistent connection when user update the WordPress version from backend. This plugin is developed to use persistent database connection in Microsoft Azure environment for better performance with clearDB. ## Installation 1. Extract the Persistent database connection updater plugin persistent-connection- updater.zip to the plugins directory of the WordPress installation. e.g. if WordPress is installed in “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wordpress” directory, extract the persistent- connection-updater.zip file into directory “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wordpress\wp-content\ plugins”. 2. To activate the plugin, log in into the WordPress as administrator and navigate to list of plugins. Then check the associated checkbox for the plugin and click on “Activate” link. 3. If you would like to use this as a must use plugin then instead of step 1 & 2 copy the persistent-connection-updater.php file to “wp-content/mu-plugins” folder. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bf9e5f83a035114292af2b5abec85cbfd28550e3e6efcf0f8172e786d37257d3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[persistent connections are not reliable on cleardb shared plans](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/persistent-connections-are-not-reliable-on-cleardb-shared-plans/)󠁿 [prashanthmadi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/prashanthmadi/) Séptémber 3, 2016 1 reply Our findings are that persistent connections are inconsistent and should not be used. Sometimes they take 200 milliseconds and other times, they can take up to 19 seconds. In other words, persistent connections are not an auto-fix. The main problem is that sometimes the persistent connection is lost (ironically). And it spends time looking to re-establish that connection. If it doesn’t find it, it will create a new one, but it spends ~19s doing this dance. So you would see a very slow loading web page (19s+) and will observe “MySQL Server has gone away” in the PHP error logs when this occurs. persistent connections are not reliable on shared plans [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Persistent database connection updater” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Bibin Kurian ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bibinkurian/) [Translate “Persistent database connection updater” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/persistent-database-connection-updater) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/persistent-database-connection-updater/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/persistent-database-connection-updater/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/persistent-database-connection-updater/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/persistent-database-connection-updater/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First release of Persistent database connection updater. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **80+** * WordPress version ** 3.9.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.9.40** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/persistent-database-connection-updater/) * Tags * [microsoft azure](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/microsoft-azure/)[mysql](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mysql/) * [Advanced View](https://su.wordpress.org/plugins/persistent-database-connection-updater/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 0 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/persistent-database-connection-updater/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Bibin Kurian ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bibinkurian/) ## Support Got something to say? 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