{"id":362,"date":"2014-08-12T16:42:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/?p=362"},"modified":"2014-10-01T19:44:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T17:44:09","slug":"how-to-change-wordpress-admin-password-advanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/how-to-change-wordpress-admin-password-advanced\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change WordPress admin password (Advanced)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you tried to change your WP admin password this way\u00a0<a title=\"How to change WordPress admin password\" href=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/how-to-change-wordpress-admin-password\/\">How to change WordPress admin password<\/a> and you didn\u2019t managed to change it then this tutorial might help you. This is how to change password directly, through <strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong> in your <strong>cPanel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Login<\/strong> into your <strong>cPanel<\/strong> account and go to <strong>phpMyAdmin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-364\" src=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1-300x118.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Expand your WordPress database (usually have <strong>wp<\/strong> suffix) and click on <strong>wp_users<\/strong><br \/>\n3. Find user where <strong>user_login<\/strong> says <strong>admin<\/strong> (usually at the beginning with<strong> id 1<\/strong>) and click <strong>Edit<\/strong> next to it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-365\" src=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2-1024x330.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/2.jpg 1584w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Find<strong> user_pass<\/strong> field and enter your desired password (<em>password<\/em> in example)<br \/>\n5. Expand drop-down list in field <strong>Function<\/strong> -&gt; Choose <strong>MD5<\/strong> (important!)<br \/>\n6. Click <strong>Go<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-366\" src=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tested on <strong>phpMyAdmin 4.0.5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you tried to change your WP admin password this way\u00a0How to change WordPress admin password and you didn\u2019t managed to change it then this tutorial might help you. This is how to change password directly, through phpMyAdmin in your cPanel. 1. Login into your cPanel account and go to phpMyAdmin 2. 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