A Beginner’s Guide on How to Reset WordPress Password
Setting up a password to your WordPress website gives security to your website. It protects your website from unauthorized access and modifications of your data and keeps them safe. If you are using a website through WordPress, then you must have created a WordPress username with its password. But, there may come a time when you’ll need to change or reset WordPress password.
Human beings tend to forget a lot. So you might also forget your WordPress password if you have a lot of credentials for your other online accounts. In this case, you will have to reset WordPress password so that you can log in to your WordPress website. If you own a company or an organization, you might need to terminate an employer either by the employer’s will or from your own. You’ll have to reset WordPress password of your website in these conditions too. And while it is a seemingly easy process, we have often come across people who don’t know how to.
So in the following article, we will be showing you the best techniques to reset WordPress password in case there might occur a situation for you to do so.
How to change WordPress Password?
There are three easy methods through which you can reset the WordPress password of your website. They are:
- Change WordPress password from the dashboard.
- Reset WordPress password from localhost.
- Recover new password if you forget the current WordPress password
Method 1: Change WordPress password from the dashboard:
This is one of the easiest processes to reset WordPress password as you don’t need any external links, emails or software. All you need to do is open Users>>Your Profile from the dashboard. Then go to the account management section and click on Generate Password on New Password.
A new password will be generated and displayed on the password box. Below it, there is also a strength box where you can see how strong your password is. If you want to change the auto-generated password to your new password, then click on Update Profile. But make sure that you save the password somewhere before you update it. You’ll now be able to login with your new password.
Method 2: Reset WordPress password from localhost:
This is also another simple method to reset the WordPress password. But for this method, you’ll have to install a cross-platform web server solution like Xampp. If you need help with it, you can refer to this article.
After the installation, open Xampp and click on the Start button of on actions of the modules Apache and MySQL. You’ll see the models highlighted in green after they are active.
Then, go to the following link in your address bar:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
The username is generally “root” with no password.
Here, you can see a number of databases in the left sidebar. Select the database of your WordPress website. Then open wp_users. Find your username in the table and click on Edit.
You’ll see various information about your profile out of which, user_pass is the one you need. You’ll see your current password consisting of unusual texts, symbols, and numbers in a hash value which is not your real password. It uses an algorithm to convert normal texts, numbers, and symbols into a hash value to hide your password.
Select all the text and type your new password here and select MD5 in the function. Then select Save on the drop-down menu and click on Go. You can now log in to your website with the new password.
Method 3: Recover new password if you forget the current WordPress password:
Sometimes you might forget the password to your WordPress website dashboard. Perhaps you wrote it on a piece of paper and lost it or have so many online accounts on other websites that you go confused and forgot about it. In situations like this, this is the most applicable method for you. To reset WordPress password of your website, first, you need to click on Lost your password?.
You’ll then be asked to enter the email address with which you’ve created your WordPress website. They will send the recovery link to reset WordPress password in this email address. Type your email address here and click on Get New Password.
Once you’ve entered a valid email address, a link will be sent to that email address to reset WordPress password of your website. Open the link and you’ll be redirected to the page to reset your password. WordPress will automatically generate a new password for you. Then click on Reset Password.
Then you can open your WordPress login page and log in with your new password.
Concluding:
When you create a password, make sure that you copy it and save it somewhere safe so that you won’t lose it. All these three methods will help you to change or reset your password. But do keep in mind that when you change WordPress password if you forget it, it might be a long process as the emails might not be received and delivered on time. So it is recommended to follow the first and second method if you need to reset WordPress password and haven’t forgotten it.
If you found this article helpful, I’m sure you’ll find these articles interesting too.
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- How to create a temporary WordPress login without password
