Comments on: How to Reset WordPress Admin Password

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:05:15 +0000

This was a very interesting article. I love reading about issues that we can fix without spending a lot of time trying to solve the problem. You can spend hours trying to solve one small issue. Many times I find my self turning to the computer and searching for the answer. Saving time is even more important when you are starting your own company.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:02:15 +0000

Great blog post. A lot of our clients use Word Press as there main site. When an “admin password reset” question comes our way we always refer them to this blog post. It helps about 9 out of 10 times. Thanks once again.

By: genxv

genxv — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:33:28 +0000

Thanks! This worked perfectly using the MD5 hash. I was using this before to put in an encrypted password:

mysql> update wp_users set user_pass = password(‘thepassword’) where ID = theID;

It was driving me nuts when it didn’t work. But thanks to you the problem is solved with the MD5 hash.

By: titanium_geek

titanium_geek — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:13:38 +0000

Wow, this was really helpful! I did it straight from the command line though:

mysql> use wordpress;
mysql> update wp_users set user_pass = REPLACE(user_pass,”[old hash here]“,”[new hash here]“);

and it worked! yay! thanks for the link to the MD5 hasher.

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Wordpress Blog Hacked... — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:00:28 +0000

[...] Re: WordPress Blog Hacked… Open up PHPMyAdmin via your control panel. Navigate to the users database, change the admin name and password. When saving the password, select MD5. You will have access to your WP folder again. More detail…How to Reset WordPress Admin Password [...]