Reset your WordPress password

If you have forgotten your WordPress password, you can in most cases request a new one directly from the login screen. Click Lost your password? and follow the instructions to have a reset link sent to your email address.

WordPress login screen with the Lost your password link

Reset the password directly in the database

Sometimes the method above does not work, for example if you no longer have access to the email address associated with the WordPress user. In that case, you can open the database where the WordPress users are stored and set a new password manually.

Start by logging in to phpMyAdmin.

Click the table that ends with users. If you installed WordPress yourself, the table is usually called wp_users. If you used our One Click Installer, it is usually called wp_yourdomain_com_users.

WordPress users table in phpMyAdmin

Click the Edit button next to the user whose password you want to change.

Edit button next to a WordPress user row

In the row named user_pass, select the MD5 function and type the new password in the Value field. Once you have entered the password, click Go.

user_pass field with MD5 function selected in phpMyAdmin

The user now has a new password and you can log in to your WordPress installation.

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