How to reset WordPress admin password

There are two ways to reset lost WordPress dashboard password:

• Using Lost Password option
• In the database

Option 1.

1. Open your WordPress administrative login page – it is usually located at http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin
2. Click on Lost your password? option, fill out username or email address > Get New Password

3. Log in to your e-mail account, which is set as your administrative WordPress contact. You can find the e-mail message with the password reset URL there, click on it

4. Enter your new strong password twice on the opened page > Reset password

This is it!

Option 2.

If “Lost your password?” confirmation e-mails do not arrive or if  you have no access to the e-mail account connected to your administrative dashboard, you can reset your password via MySQL database.

1. Log in your cPanel > section Files > File manager and navigate to the document root of your WordPress website.
2. To check what database is being used for your WordPress website, open wp-config.php file located in
   3. Go to cPanel > Databases section > phpMyAdmin

   4. Select the database in question, table wp-users and click on Edit next to admin user

5. On the next page type in your new strong password into user_pass box, select MD5 in Function column and click Go

This is it!

You can now go back to WordPress dashboard page and try to login with the new password.

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