wordpress blog is pissing me off

[spacedog]

I lost my login pass for the wp-admin on one of my blogs..

so, I attempt password recovery.. I never get an email with confirmation link.. I try this several more times, but no email with confirmation link.

Ok, so I go to msql and get the password, try to login, but it's not working.. So, I change it and try again.. 2 more times and it still don't work.

Next, I go in and remove the user activation key then try logging on again, but that don't work either.

This is pissing me off.

What are my options to resolve this?

[who]

Create a new user with a simple password

then copy the value for this new user's password to the password field of the admin account entry in the database.

Then admin account should have that simple password of the newly created account.

[TeenCat]

dont forget you need to put encrypted pass in the sql ...

[JamesK]

Originally Posted by who

Create a new user with a simple password

then copy the value for this new user's password to the password field of the admin account entry in the database.

Then admin account should have that simple password of the newly created account.

[Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE]

First step, uninstall wordpress, second step, find something else.

[Jdoughs]

This happened to me yesterday, and you cannot just 'reset' your password cause of the encryption in phpmyadmin.

Login to phpmyadmin, select your database, go to SQL And enter this.

UPDATE `wp_users` SET `user_pass` = MD5( 'new_password_here' ) WHERE `wp_users`.`user_login` = "admin_username";

"new_password_here" - replace this with the new password you wish to use.
"admin_username" - replace this with the username the password should be updated for.

Then just login with your new password.


http://kb.siteground.com/article/How..._password.html

[spacedog]

Originally Posted by who

Create a new user with a simple password

then copy the value for this new user's password to the password field of the admin account entry in the database.

Then admin account should have that simple password of the newly created account.

thanks. I am in

[BSleazy]

I've done it a bunch of times in phpmyadmin. I think you just pick the admin user, enter a new password and make sure you check the MD5 for encryption.

Not for sure on this because I haven't done it in a while.

[DarkJedi]

Originally Posted by spacedog

What are my options to resolve this?

http://www.village-idiot.org/archive...word-recovery/


You are welcome.

[raymor]

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