How to recover WordPress Password – Forgot WordPress admin password

How to recover WordPress Admin Password

How to recover Admin

How to recover ? That will be your question when you forget your admin . It is very frustrating when even the email recovery does not work. This may have happened if you forget your , may be you have not used it for some time or just that you have recently changed your and have not wrote it down or saved it.

Not to worry as it is not the end of the world and there are ways to change your in simple steps even when you can not connect to the admin control panel of . To know how to recover – keep reading below.

  1. Log on to your database using MySQL
  2. Go to the user Table
  3. View the user records
  4. Identify the admin record
  5. Click on edit
  6. Use MD5 encryption to write a new and copy it
  7. Replace the old with new
  8. Save. You have now successfully replaced your
  9. Login to
  10. Change the again (to be on a safer side)

The above steps are shown in following video tutorial. This video tutorial will show you how to connect to the MySQL database, and easily change the .

Make sure that you create a that is difficult for someone to break, but is easy for you to remember.

Do not try to use existing MD5 hash and decrypt it as it may be unsafe. Always recommended to create a new hash and then login to your site and change it normally in the administration interface again. Better safe than getting hacked!

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