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KaviArasu N S
KaviArasu N S
4,185 Points
Posted by KaviArasu N S
KaviArasu N S
4,185 Points

Forgot Wordpress password

Have logged out of Wordpress and forgot the password before setting up the SMTP plugin! What should I do now?

2 Answers

Roberto Correale
Roberto Correale
1,539 Points
Roberto Correale
Roberto Correale
1,539 Points

There are different ways to edit it. You can change it via phpmyadmin, editing the old password with a new one. You need to crypt it in MD5 (there are many tools online for this). Another solution is to insert this code in you functions.php file inside you theme, and upload it via ftp :

wp_set_password( 'new_password', 1 );

1 is the id of your account (you can see it in wp_users, if you account was the first one created is 1). You can also check other methods in the wordpress documentation : https://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Question, how did you setup your local environment?