How to retrieve wordpress account password
November 29th, 2008
Here’s how to retrieve wordpress account password:
1. Open your phpmyadmin
2. on SQL tab, put this on search:
UPDATE `wp_users` SET `user_pass` = MD5( 'new_password_here' ) WHERE `wp_users`.`user_login` = "admin_username";
“new_password_here” - replace this with the new password you wish to use.
“admin_username” – replace this with the username the password should be updated for.
3. Click “GO” and then try login again.
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August 19th, 2009 at 6:48 am
Thanks for the tip! Not sure why but by default we can never login to a new WP install or retrieve the password due to an email error. This has taken care of the issue though.