There may be times when you need to change your username and password for your WordPress blog. Perhaps you forgot what they were, but an even bigger reason why it is good to know how to do this is if someone hacks into your blog they might change your password.
This is how you can take back control of your blog and regain access by changing your username and password through the database.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
ty sooo much. more than helpful. perfect!
November 8th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Thanks mate! Really helped me. Regular reset password just wasn’t working for me!!
November 8th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
My pleasure. Glad to help!
June 17th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Hey John
You make so easy and simple.
Thanks a million
James
June 17th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
No Problem James. Thanks for stopping by.
July 11th, 2012 at 10:59 am
Hi John,
I’ve tried everything (WP’s email generated pw reassignment, emergency.php script posted online, and a number of other things) and this solution did not work either. I can’t seem to get into my WP site.
It appears that I successfully assign my pw through each method, but it keeps telling me that I’ve got invalid pw everytime I try logging into the log-in screen.
Any ideas? Please help.
thx,
teo
teo
September 25th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
A massive thank you John, my wordpress website was hacked into and I was unable to log into it to even see the damage done. I would not have had a clue what to do if it wasnt for wordpress forums leading me to this video! Thank you for putting this information up because with out it I never would have known how to get back into my site.
Natalie
September 26th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Hi Nat,
No problem. Sorry to hear about your issues with that hacker. You might also want to check out my WordPress Defender security book and videos.