{"id":1247,"date":"2021-07-22T07:13:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2021-12-08T07:28:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:28:14","slug":"how-to-change-your-wordpress-account-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-change-your-wordpress-account-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change your WordPress account password"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article covers how to change your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/wordpress-hosting\">Managed Hosting for WordPress<\/a> password through the Plesk interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll be going over the steps required to make this process simple and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Step 1: Login to your Plesk interface<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can login to Plesk through two methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Through your <a href=\"https:\/\/my.knownhost.com\/\">my.knownhost.com<\/a> dashboard following this method: one-click login<\/li><li>Through the direct\u00a0URL\u00a0received in your &#8216;Welcome Email&#8217;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose the latter; 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to access the password area for changing the password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Change your password<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re within the &#8216;Account&#8217; screen you change change your password under &#8220;Plesk Preferences&#8221; \u2013 you can choose to specify your own password or let the system generate one for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/change-pass3-1024x759.png\" alt=\"WordPress account plesk profile\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/change-pass3-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/change-pass3-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/change-pass3-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/change-pass3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your password has been entered, click &#8220;Apply&#8221; 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