{"id":4771,"date":"2021-10-10T22:13:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T22:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&p=4771"},"modified":"2022-12-18T00:15:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T16:15:50","password":"","slug":"how-to-reset-wordpress-password-via-phpmyadmin","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-reset-wordpress-password-via-phpmyadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset WordPress Password via phpMyAdmin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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You can easily change your WordPress password using phpMyAdmin, by following these steps:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  1. Log in to your cPanel.

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  2. Under Databases<\/em>, click on phpMyAdmin<\/strong>.

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  3. Click on + <\/strong>to expand the selections under your WordPress database. Then click on the item with _users<\/strong>.

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  4. Your screen will now look like this:

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    Find the username you need to change the password for, and click on the Edit<\/strong> button along its row.

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  5. Find the user_pass<\/em> row, and fill in your preferred password on the text box.

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    Make sure to also select MD5 <\/strong>from the dropdown beside the password field.

    We recommend that you set a strong password that is not easily remembered, therefore much more secure and protected. Make sure your password contains:
    – At least 1 numeric character
    – At least 1 lower case and upper case character
    – At least 1 symbol (!(@$=…)
    – Have a total of 12 to 16 characters

    * Stray from passwords that can be linked to your personal information such as your name, your birthday, your home address, etc.<\/em>

    We also encourage you to utilize a password manager to keep your passwords updated and stored safely.

    Confirm the password you have set, and click on Go.<\/strong>

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  6. You will be back to the _users<\/strong> page, and this prompt will show up at the top of the window:

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    To confirm the password change, go to your WordPress account and log in using your new credentials.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      You can easily change your WordPress password using phpMyAdmin, by following these steps:   Log in to your cPanel. Under Databases, click on phpMyAdmin. Click on + to expand the selections under your WordPress database. Then click on the item with _users. Your screen will now look like this: Find the username you need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[47],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4771","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-cpanel"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":228,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"cPanel","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/cpanel\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7406,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4771\/revisions\/7406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}