How to Reset WordPress Password
This article will show you 3 different ways to change your WordPress password.
Please click the links below for more information.
Via the Forgot Your Password Link
- Go to your WordPress login screen at http://example.com/wp-login.php.
- Replace example.com with your actual WordPress installation location. This may be your domain, domain + a folder location, or a temporary URL.
- Under the login form, click Lost your password.
- Enter the username or email address of the account you're trying to log into.
- Click Get New Password to have the reset password email sent to that username's email.
Via Softaculous
- Log in to cPanel.
- Scroll down to the Software section and click on the Softaculous Apps Installer.
- On the Softaculous page, click on the Installations box.
- Navigate to the Installation that you wish to edit.
- On the right-hand side of the row, click the Pencil icon to load the Installation Details.
- Go to the Admin Account section on the Installation Details page.
- Enter the Admin Username and Admin Password for which you want to change the password.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page, and click on Save Installation Details.
Via phpMyAdmin
- Log in to cPanel.
- Navigate to the Databases section, then click on the phpMyAdmin icon.
- Click on the WordPress database from the left panelist.
- Click wp_users from the left panelist.
- Under user_login, you will see the list of registered users. Under the user whose password you wish to reset, click edit.
- Under the user_pass column, clear the value on the far right.
- Replace it with what you would like the password to be, then in the dropdown menu, select MD5.
- At the bottom of the page, click GO.