{"id":3320,"date":"2021-10-22T13:04:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2021-10-23T13:28:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T13:28:19","slug":"how-to-reset-wordpress-password-with-phpmyadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-reset-wordpress-password-with-phpmyadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Reset WordPress Password With phpMyAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial helps you to understand the steps for resetting your WordPress password through phpMyAdmin.<span id=\"more-8770\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will need the name of your WordPress database.<\/li>\n<li>You will need your cPanel login credentials (username and password).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To Identify the Database for your WordPress Website:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to your\u00a0<strong>cPanel<\/strong>\u00a0account.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>File Manager<\/strong>\u00a0on the\u00a0<strong>cPanel<\/strong>\u00a0dashboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3325 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-1-300x70.png\" alt=\"reset-wp-password-1\" width=\"900\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-1-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-1-768x179.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-1.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Browse to the location of your domain folder and\u00a0<strong>view<\/strong>\u00a0the<strong>\u00a0wp-config.php<\/strong>\u00a0file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3326 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-2-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"reset-wp-password-2\" width=\"900\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-2-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-2-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You\u2019ll find the database file as shown below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3327 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-3-300x152.png\" alt=\"reset-wp-password-3\" width=\"734\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-3-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-3.png 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessing phpMyAdmin:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate to \u2018database group of icons\u2019 and click on \u2018<strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong>\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3328 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-4-300x62.png\" alt=\"reset-wp-password-4\" width=\"900\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-4-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-4-768x159.png 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-4.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enter A New Password:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are the steps for changing the password in the database.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>In the table list, click on the\u00a0<strong>users<\/strong>\u00a0table. Note that the table prefix might vary for every website. Please refer to the below screenshot to get the idea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3329 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-5-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"reset-wp-password-5\" width=\"900\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-5-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-5-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-5.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the \u2018<strong>Edit<\/strong>\u2019 option present next to the user you want to set the password for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3323 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-7-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"reset-wp-password-7\" width=\"900\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-7-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-7-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-7.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the password in the\u00a0<strong>Value<\/strong>\u00a0box of the\u00a0<strong>user_pass\u00a0<\/strong>field.<\/li>\n<li>In the\u00a0<strong>Function<\/strong>\u00a0box present next to the password option, select\u00a0<strong>MD5<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click on \u2018<strong>Go<\/strong>\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3324 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-8-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"reset-wp-password-8\" width=\"900\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-8-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-8-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/reset-wp-password-8.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"kb-article-content\">\n<p>Your password has now been successfully reset.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kb-aubox-mncntnr\">\n<div class=\"kb-aubox-col kb-aubox-col-avatar\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial helps you to understand the steps for resetting your WordPress password through phpMyAdmin. 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