What would you do when you lost your WordPress Admin Password and the password recovery options is not sending you the correct password? Pay $100 to a developer or simple Follow the steps and do it for free.
Method 1 – Using PHP MyAdmin
1. Open you Cpanel or other custom Web Hosting Backend, open PHP MyAdmin
2. In the list of Databases, click the WordPress Database
3. Click on the table called “wp_users”
4. On the next screen, click browse on “user_login” and find ID asociate with your login
5. Go back to “wp_users” table
6. On “user_pass” field click browse and find ID associated with your login. Click Edit.
7. Next to the ID number type in your new password (its case sensitive)
8. Once done, click dropdown menu and selected MD5 from menu
9. That’s it. Done. Make sure MD5 and password correctly.
Method 2 – Emergency Password Reset Script
1. Download the file. Click Here.
2. Copy the “emergency.php” to your Domain root. Do not upload using WordPress Admin Panel. Try FTP or File Manager.
3. Login to “http://www.domain-name.com/emergency.php”
4. Type the Admin Username and Password
5. It will send the email and reset the Password.
6. DELETE the Script. REMEMBER to do it.
* It worked with WordPress 2.6 but have not tested it on version 2.7
Useful Links
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
You have a great blog here and it is Nice to read some well written posts that have some relevancy…keep up the good work
Great article! I’m loving your website;
Great article! I’m loving your website;
worked like a charm!! thank you!
Thank you for your article!
[...] How to recover WordPress Admin Password [...]
wow great
for now my password is fine but i will bookmark your page for back up.
really useful post thanks
Marvelous article, much appreciated, thanks for sharing, keep up the good work.
Thanks a lot. For one of my wordpress blogs , I had lost my password. I will use this to recover my admin password.
How to recover WordPress Admin Password | Smart Blog Tips…
…ou by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. … How to recover WordPress Admin Password [...] tommy. December 24, 2009 at 8:10 pm | Permalink. wow great for now my password is fine but i will bookmark your page for back up. really useful post thanks. Al…