How To Recover Wordpress Password

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I have a self hosted WP blog that i lose the password for. The email i used as the admin email is also no longer available! Anyway i can recover this password??
#password #recofver #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author AmyBrown
    You can change the password using phpmyadmin. This should help: Recover a Lost WordPress Password : Randy Jensen Online
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Barbour
    Nice tutorial find Amy...perfect for anyone not used to phpmyadmin.

    One caveat - ensure that you back up your database BEFORE you use the steps that Amy posted.

    If you happen to not have phpmyadmin installed, you'll either need to install it, run mysql from a shell prompt, or seek outside expertise.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lee Wilson
      I have done this, it's quite easy as long as you know how to search the sql database to find it. Setup another temp blog of the same wp version (not sure if that's necessary), create a password and then find it in the database, it will be an encrypted string. Copy that string and paste it into (overwrite) the one you have forgotten.

      I can't give any more detail than that without going through it but if you get stuck, pm me I'll have a quick look at one of my wp db's and see if I can give you a more detailed walk through.
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      • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
        Originally Posted by L Wilson View Post

        Setup another temp blog of the same wp version (not sure if that's necessary), create a password and then find it in the database, it will be an encrypted string. Copy that string and paste it into (overwrite) the one you have forgotten.
        That's a crazy way to do it

        You better read the tutorial linked above to learn the proper way to do it...
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