How to Reset WordPress Password
If you forget your WordPress password, you can reset it in one of three ways:
- Use the Lost your password link on the login screen
- Reset your password through QuickInstall
- Manually reset the password through the database with phpMyAdmin
Lost Your Password Link
- Go to your login screen at https://demo.com/wp-login.php (replace demo.com with your actual domain and installation location).
- 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 password sent to your email address.
QuickInstall Password Reset
- Log into cPanel.
- Under Software/Services, click on QuickInstall.
- At the top of the page, click My Installs.
- Locate the installation you wish to modify.
- Click Reset Password.
- Select the username you wish to change the password for from the drop down box, then enter a new password.
- Click the reset Password button to change the password for the selected user.
Manual Password Reset
- Log into cPanel.
- Under Databases, click phpMyAdmin.
- Click on the WordPress database (if you installed this through QuickInstall, this will be named
wrdp#
) from the left panel list. - 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 and replace with what you would like the password to be.
- In the Function drop-down menu, select MD5.
- At the bottom of the page, click GO.