In this easy-to-follow tutorial, you will learn how to Reset the WordPress Password, including via the DataBase phpMyAdmin option.
Do you know that a 2022 study has shown that over 835 million websites are built on the WordPress content management system?
And according to the research from W3Techs, WordPress constitutes approximately 43% of the total number of websites across the internet.
Source: Hubspot
So, What Does this Mean?
It demonstrates that many websites are trying to stand out, and building authority may be challenging, especially if you don’t know the simple hacks to stand firm amongst your competitors.
But what happens when you have built a fantastic authority and online presence for your brand or business via your WordPress website but suddenly lose access to it and are unable to log in?
Perhaps you lost the credentials, forgot the password, your web developer did not provide access to the website and he/she is unreachable, or perhaps you changed your device… whatever the reason, you find yourself struggling to log in.
Not only can you lose ACCESS to it, but It might also pose you, your brand, and your WordPress website with a lot of potential risk from cyber criminals.
Another person might HIJACK your website, and you might lose access to your brand or business if you built a solid online presence around your brand via your WordPress website.
However, it doesn’t have to get to that before you find a way out!
There’s a way you can add storm oil to your rough sea waves and reset or retrieve your lost password at the stroke of a pen in 3 simple, quick, unique, and super effective ways.
Three Ways to Retrieve or Reset Stolen or Forgotten WordPress Password
In this tutorial, we’ll start with the simplest method and move on to the more advanced solution at the end.
So, if you have tried Methods 1 and 2 and it did not work, you are safe to skip to Method 3, however, make sure you always create a backup of your website before messing with the database.
Method 1: How do I Reset the WordPress Password from the Default User Profile Page?
This is the simplest and most convenient way to retrieve your WordPress password.
All you have to do is log in to your admin page and navigate to your user profile page and click on the edit button.
After that, scroll down and click the button that says “Generate New Password.”
The system will generate a new secure password, after which you can use the suggested password provided by WordPress or type any password of your choice until the button below indicates “Strong.”
And boom! You are done…
It’s the simplest; all you have to do is log in to the admin page and follow due process.
But what happens when you can’t even log in to the admin page?
Maybe you forgot the password to the admin page, and it keeps bringing up error messages or showing a page with the wrong WordPress password…
What do you do?
This question leads us to our second method:
Method 2: How Do I Reset the WordPress Password Using the Lost Password Page?
This is our second method here, it might not be as simple as the first method, but it is undoubtedly the most straightforward way to reset the WordPress password, and you can do that in just a few simple clicks.
First, open the WordPress admin login page of your website and click the “Lost your password?” link under the login page.
A reset page will appear.
Enter your WordPress admin username or email address, and click “Get a new password.”
You will get a “reset email” link to the email account connected to your website, open it and reset your password.
Once you reset the WordPress password, go back to the login page, and enter your email and your newly saved password.
That is it, you are logged in!
Now, the question again is, what happens when you can’t even find the password reset email in your spam folder?
Or you don’t have access to the registered email address any longer?
What are you going to do?
Method three comes to the rescue, this is the most powerful and advanced solution.
But again, before moving forward with this method, make sure you have a backup of your site!
Method 3: How Do I Retrieve or Reset the WordPress Password from the Database using the phpMyAdmin solution?
This is an advanced method and it is very effective. With this guide, you will learn how to navigate through it in a more straightforward manner.
First, you will start by logging into your hosting provider and find the cPanel.
When inside the cPanel, find phpMyAdmin.
Each hosting company might organize the options differently. This is not a problem, phpMyAdmin should always be there.
Click on phpMyAdmin to open it, this is your DataBase.
Click on the one that is associated with your website.
Next, you will see all the content and settings associated with your website.
Navigate to the ‘wp_users’ table option.
Click on it, a section will appear with the “EDIT” button. This section stores your login information.
Erase the code in the “user_pass” field, which acts as the password, usually in an encrypted form, and put your desired password.
After creating the password, you want to customize it back to the encrypted form to put an extra layer of security, so you click on the drop-down menu beside the “user_pass” and choose the MD5 option.
You are all done here, click “GO”
Afterward, you can head to your WordPress login area and log in with the new password you just created. This should work successfully!
You just changed your password through the database using the phpMyAdmin solution. This method will save you when all other methods fail.
You have just read and learned 3 powerful ways to reset the WordPress password, so you don’t have to fear anything or anyone trying to hijack your WordPress website, knowing full well that you have ways to get it back to your palm.
So, what’s next to further secure your website so no one can hijack your password?
Secure your WordPress Admin and Login sections!
