{"id":312,"date":"2021-06-24T11:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T11:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=312"},"modified":"2022-03-21T06:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T11:05:10","slug":"how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset a WordPress (Admin) Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/#how_to_reset_a_wordpress_password_via_wordpress\" >How to Reset a WordPress Password via WordPress<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/#how_to_reset_your_own_wordpress_password_via_wordpress\" >How to Reset Your Own WordPress Password via WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/#how_to_reset_a_wordpress_password_via_wordpress_as_admin\" >How to Reset a WordPress Password via WordPress as Admin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/#how_to_reset_the_wordpress_admin_password_via_my_knownhost\" >How to Reset the WordPress Admin Password via My KnownHost<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/#how_to_reset_a_wordpress_password_via_mysql\" >How to Reset a WordPress Password via MySQL<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/#via_ssh\" >via SSH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-admin-password\/#via_phpmyadmin\" >via phpMyAdmin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Occasionally, it is necessary to reset a WordPress password. Sometimes you still have access with the old password, and simply want to make a new password to keep potential attackers guessing. Other times, you might have forgotten the old password, and need to set a new one in order to access your account on the site. Depending on the situation, there are a few different ways to reset a WordPress user&#8217;s password, even if it is the WordPress admin password being reset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_reset_a_wordpress_password_via_wordpress\"><\/span>How to Reset a WordPress Password via WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is going to be the most straightforward method if you still have access to the account. How to do this varies slightly depending on whether you are changing your own password, or if you are using an admin account to change someone else&#8217;s password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_reset_your_own_wordpress_password_via_wordpress\"><\/span>How to Reset Your Own WordPress Password via WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/manage-wordpress-admin\/\">log in to WordPres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are not an administrative user, your WordPress account&#8217;s options will be very minimal. To change your password, make sure you are on the &#8220;Profile&#8221; page and scroll down to &#8220;Account Management&#8221;. Next to &#8220;New Password&#8221; click the &#8220;Set New Password&#8221; button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-1-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"enter new password for wordpress user\" class=\"wp-image-6497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-1-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-1.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like, you can use the password that WordPress generates for you. Otherwise, you can also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-can-i-generate-a-secure-random-password\/\">generate your own<\/a>. Once you have chosen a password and entered it in the &#8220;New Password&#8221; box, you can click &#8220;Update Profile&#8221; at the bottom of the page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"enter new password for wordpress user\" class=\"wp-image-6496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/enter-new-password-for-wordpress-user.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You should then see a confirmation message like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Reset-a-WordPress-Admin-Password-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"How to Reset a WordPress (Admin) Password\" class=\"wp-image-6499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Reset-a-WordPress-Admin-Password-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Reset-a-WordPress-Admin-Password-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Reset-a-WordPress-Admin-Password-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/How-to-Reset-a-WordPress-Admin-Password.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_reset_a_wordpress_password_via_wordpress_as_admin\"><\/span>How to Reset a WordPress Password via WordPress as Admin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As before, first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/manage-wordpress-admin\/\">log into WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, go to the &#8220;All Users&#8221; page in the &#8220;Users&#8221; section. If you hover your cursor over the name of the desired user, you will see the &#8220;Edit&#8221; link appear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-navigate-to-user-click-on-edit-wordpress-1024x483.jpg\" alt=\"admin-navigate-to-user-click-on-edit-wordpress\" class=\"wp-image-6500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-navigate-to-user-click-on-edit-wordpress-1024x483.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-navigate-to-user-click-on-edit-wordpress-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-navigate-to-user-click-on-edit-wordpress-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-navigate-to-user-click-on-edit-wordpress.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As before, scroll down to &#8220;Account Management&#8221;, click &#8220;Generate Password&#8221;, enter the new&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-can-i-generate-a-secure-random-password\/\">password<\/a>&nbsp;in the box, and click &#8220;Update User&#8221;. You should see a confirmation page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-update-the-wordpress-user-password-from-the-wp-dashboard-1024x483.jpg\" alt=\"admin update the wordpress user password from the wp dashboard\" class=\"wp-image-6501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-update-the-wordpress-user-password-from-the-wp-dashboard-1024x483.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-update-the-wordpress-user-password-from-the-wp-dashboard-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-update-the-wordpress-user-password-from-the-wp-dashboard-768x362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/admin-update-the-wordpress-user-password-from-the-wp-dashboard.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_reset_the_wordpress_admin_password_via_my_knownhost\"><\/span>How to Reset the WordPress Admin Password via My KnownHost<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This method is only available to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/managed-wordpress-hosting\/\">Managed Hosting for WordPress<\/a>&nbsp;customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/howto-login-my-knownhost\/\">logged in<\/a>&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.knownhost.com\/\">My KnownHost portal<\/a><\/strong>, you can reset the WordPress administrator password on the &#8220;Manage WordPress&#8221; page as described&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-access-wordpress-management-interface\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_reset_a_wordpress_password_via_mysql\"><\/span>How to Reset a WordPress Password via MySQL<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since WordPress stores account information in a database, you can use MySQL to reset the passwords. If doing so, it is&nbsp;<em><strong>strongly recommended<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;to afterwards change the password again from within WordPress, to make sure the new password is salted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"via_ssh\"><\/span>via SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are comfortable using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-connect-with-ssh\/\">SSH<\/a>,&nbsp;you can use the command line to change the password for any of the WordPress users. In that case, instructions can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/reset-wordpress-admin-via-mysql\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"via_phpmyadmin\"><\/span>via phpMyAdmin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have access to phpMyAdmin, you can also use that to change the WordPress passwords. On a cPanel server, you can access phpMyAdmin from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/cpanel-and-directadmin-the-basics\/\">within cPanel<\/a>, by clicking &#8220;phpMyAdmin&#8221; in the &#8220;Databases&#8221; section:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"navigate to phpmyadmin cpanel jupitor\" class=\"wp-image-6502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor.jpg 1227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, find the database the site uses, and the table the users are stored in. Usually, the table will be called&nbsp;<code>wp_users<\/code>&nbsp;but even if it uses a different table prefix it will usually still have a name ending in&nbsp;<code>_users<\/code>. When browsing the table, you can deselect some of the columns to make it easier to read. Once you have found the row corresponding to the user whose password you need to change, click &#8220;Edit&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-1-1024x488.jpg\" alt=\"select database click on edit to reset the wp profile password\" class=\"wp-image-6503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-1-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-1-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/navigate-to-phpmyadmin-cpanel-jupitor-1.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you&#8217;ll need to decide on a temporary&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-can-i-generate-a-secure-random-password\/\">password<\/a>. It is recommended that even this temporary password is randomized, in case someone tries to guess it before you&#8217;ve had a chance to reset it from within WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, in the row for user_pass, choose &#8220;MD5&#8221; from the dropdown box, and put the new password in the &#8220;Value&#8221; column. Make sure &#8220;Save&#8221; is selected in the dropdown at the bottom, and then click &#8220;Go&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/reset-wordpress-via-phpMyAdmin-1024x488.jpg\" alt=\"reset wordpress via phpMyAdmin\" class=\"wp-image-6504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/reset-wordpress-via-phpMyAdmin-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/reset-wordpress-via-phpMyAdmin-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/reset-wordpress-via-phpMyAdmin-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/reset-wordpress-via-phpMyAdmin.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, you should see a success message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wp-password-update-success-message-1024x488.jpg\" alt=\"wp password update success message\" class=\"wp-image-6505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wp-password-update-success-message-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wp-password-update-success-message-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wp-password-update-success-message-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wp-password-update-success-message.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to remember to quickly log into WordPress to change the password again there, so that it will be stored salted, and with a stronger hash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occasionally, it is necessary to reset a WordPress password. 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