Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) ? wordpress install

Question

I installed XAMPP and runing Apache and Mysql then download wordpress put the folder in XAMPP and edit config-wp-sample.php to config-wp.php and edit database name and password. After that when i write in browser https//localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php I got the blank page then i set 'WP_DEBUG' to true in config-wp.php

I got these message

 Warning: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php on line 1531

Answer 1

It usually happens when you enter the wrong mysql username or password. For XAMPP the default username is 'root' and default password is None (empty).

From your error

Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

I assume you used some password with the username root. Try again without password or create a new user account from phpmyadmin.

Answer 2

This error message usually appears when the MYSQL credentials are not right.

Please check the username or the password and be sure they are correct.