How to reset Wordpress admin password
February 28th, 2009
If you have a Wordpress blog that you haven’t attended to in a long time and you have forgotten the password to get into the admin interface…here’s the trick to reset the password:
Use phpMyAdmin and run the following script:
UPDATE `wp_users` SET `user_pass` = MD5( ‘new_password_here‘ ) WHERE `wp_users`.`user_login` = “admin_username“;
Places in bold you will want to modify with your login name (most likely it’s admin) and select a new password. Once you run the script you should be able to login no problem.
This fix was found here: http://kb.siteground.com/article/How_to_reset_my_WordPress_admin_password.html
