{"id":61559,"date":"2011-10-26T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=61559"},"modified":"2011-10-25T23:46:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T03:46:16","slug":"reset-your-lost-wordpress-password-without-breaking-a-sweat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/reset-your-lost-wordpress-password-without-breaking-a-sweat\/","title":{"rendered":"Reset Your Lost WordPress Password without Breaking a Sweat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Post<\/a>7 Easy Steps to Setting a New WordPress Admin Password<\/h2>\n

Panic!<\/p>\n

You forgot the Admin password to your WordPress site, and when you try to get it sent to you, it doesn\u2019t work!<\/p>\n

What are you going to do? You\u2019re the ADMINISTRATOR!<\/p>\n

Not to worry. There is a relatively simple process you can go through to reset your lost WordPress admin password<\/strong>. This process involves going into your WordPress database, and that may sound a little scary to some, but trust me when I tell you this is a very simple, straight-forward procedure.<\/p>\n

Cpanel \u2013 Do You Have Access?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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You will need to log into your Cpanel with this tutorial. If you do not have Cpanel, then you will need to find your way to your WordPress database. If you do not have access to Cpanel with your host, then you will need to call your webhost and ask them to help you reset your password.<\/p>\n

Step 1 \u2013 Get Password Encrypted<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Passwords in the WordPress database are \u00a0encrypted with a system called MD5. In other words, when you look at passwords in your database, you don\u2019t see the actual passwords. You see a long string of letters, numbers, and symbols.<\/p>\n

So the first thing you will need to do is to go get your password encrypted in the MD5 format. \u00a0You can search for a tool that helps you do that. Or you can go to the following site:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.md5online.org\/md5-encrypt.html<\/a><\/p>\n

When you put in your password and hit the \u201cEncrypt!\u201d button, you should get an encrypted version of your password that\u2019s a big long string of numbers and letters and maybe some symbols that looks something like this: 34719d$beeabb9260a5c854bc85b3e44.<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, save that encrypted password for now. We\u2019re going to use it in a few minutes.<\/p>\n

Step 2 \u2013 Log Into Cpanel<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Log into your Cpanel. \u00a0You can access your Cpanel by going to yourdomain.com\/cpanel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

(Note:<\/strong><\/span> It is a good idea to back up your database before going into it and changing things. Although changing your password is very simple, you never know what might happen. You might find yourself clicking and deleting things like a madman for no apparent reason.)<\/p>\n

Follow this short process to back up your database from within Cpanel.<\/p>\n

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Step 3 \u2013 Open phpMyAdmin<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Find the icon titled phpMyAdmin and click that to open it.<\/p>\n

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Step 4 \u2013 Open Your Database<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Find your database on the left hand side<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The name of your database should look something like myname_wrdp1<\/strong>. If you have more than one database, then you will need to choose the right one. For example, if you have three different WordPress installs on your site, you will have a choice of databases that might look something like this:<\/p>\n