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Martin La Touche
Martin La Touche
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Posted by Martin La Touche
Martin La Touche
1,709 Points

What login/password do you use once you go to URL/wp-admin?

I have uploaded my files and am able to get to the login screen after entering url/wp-admin but none of the login/password combinations I have tried will allow me access. Firstly, where does WP draw this login/password from? Secondly, I would have thought that it would be the user we set up in the mySQL database but in the video, Zac uses his name and an unknown password to log in rather than the user name and password he set up in the wp-config.php file. Can someone please help me out here?

2 Answers

tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
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tobiaskrause
tobiaskrause
9,160 Points

In the installation wordpress generates a random password for you. There is not such a thing like a standard password (like admin/admin)

There are some different ways to change it. Here is the wordpress guide to reset the password: http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

Sorry i can not help you with the other question since i haven't done the course yet :/

Martin La Touche
Martin La Touche
1,709 Points
Martin La Touche
Martin La Touche
1,709 Points

Hi Tobias, thanks for your reply. I do understand that it is not a standard password. What I am trying to understand is where this login password should come from and why is my login not working the way I have set it up on the config.php file. For some reason I cannot get access.

Martin La Touche
Martin La Touche
1,709 Points
Martin La Touche
Martin La Touche
1,709 Points

I think I have found the answer in the page kindly provided by Tobias, above. http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password. If you go to the place on the page headed Through phpMyAdmin, it will lead you to the place where you can see the login (it's the one from the original database setup) and password (also from the same setup) Here you can reset the password following the instructions.