How to Reset My WordPress Admin Password Print

Forgetting your WordPress password can be a common issue that can happen to anyone. That’s why the WordPress platform has several built-in methods for resetting your password. Depending on your specific situation, there are several ways to reset your WordPress admin password. Here are a few common methods:

1. Resetting via the login page:

   • Navigate to your website’s login page.
   • Click the “Lost your password?” link.
   • Enter your account’s email address or username, and click “Get New Password.”
   • Check your email for instructions on how to reset your password.This method will only work if you have access to the email associated with your admin account.

     

2. Resetting via cPanel:
   

    

   • Log in to your cPanel account.

   • Scroll down to the “Databases” section and click on the “phpMyAdmin” icon.

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   • Select your WordPress database.

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   • Click on the “wp_users” table.

   • Locate the row for the admin user, and click the “Edit” link.

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   • Change the password field to the desired new password.

   • Click the “Go” button.

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   • This method will only work if you have access to the email associated with your admin account.
     
3. Resetting via FTP:

   • Connect to your website using an FTP client.

   • Navigate to the root directory of your WordPress installation.

   • Rename the “wp-config-sample.php” file to “wp-config.php”

   • Open the “wp-config.php” file with a text editor.

   • Add the following line of code, and change the “password” to your desired new password:

     define( ‘WP_RESET_PASSWORD’, ‘password’ );

   • Save the changes and upload the file back to your server.

   • Visit your website, and the new password will work.

     Please remove the line of code added in wp-config.php after resetting the password.

4. Using Softaculous:
   

    

   • Log in to your cPanel account.

   • Scroll down to the “Software” section and click on the “Softaculous App Installer” icon.

   • Once you are in Softaculous, locate the WordPress installation for which you wish to reset the password.

   • Click on the “List Installations” button.

   • Click on the “Edit Details” button.

   • Click on the “Change Password” button.

   • Type the new password you want to set and confirm it.

   • Click on the “Change Password” button.

   • You will see a message confirming that the password has been changed.

   This method will only work if you have access to the cPanel account.

5. Using cPanel’s WordPress Toolkit:
   

    

   • Log in to your cPanel account.

   • Scroll down to the “WordPress” section and click on the “WordPress Toolkit” icon.

   • Once in the WordPress Toolkit, locate the WordPress installation for which you wish to reset the password.

   • Click on the “Manage” button for that installation.

   • Click on the “Users” tab.

   • Click on the “Edit” button for the admin user.

   • Scroll down to the “Account Management” section.

   • Type the new password you want to set and confirm it.

   • Click on the “Save” button.

   • You will see a message confirming that the password has been changed.

   This method will only work if you have access to the cPanel account.