Recover the WordPress installation password

It can happen that you lose your WordPress password. There are several methods to recover the password. In this article, we discuss the options.

Solution 1: Request the password via email

Via the WordPress login page (domein.nl/wp-admin) it is possible to request the password via "Forgot password".

You can request a new password by entering your WordPress username or email address. After this, you will receive an email with a temporary password, which you can then change later after logging in.

Solution 2: Change the password via PhpMyAdmin

It is possible to change the password via the database.

• Go to PHPMyAdmin via the mijn.host control panel (https://mijn.host/kb/hoe-kan-ik-inloggen-in-phpmyadmin/)
• Select the database of the WordPress installation
• Look for the table that ends in: “_users” and click on Browse.

• Choose the username of the account you want to recover and click on “Edit”.
• We can now change the “users_pass” column to a new password.
• Under the “Function” column, we set this to MD5.

• Now press Go
• You can now log in with the new password

Solution 3: Change the password via Filemanager

• Go to File Manager via DirectAdmin.

• To change the password, look for the functions.php file. This is a file that you can find in the theme folder:

           uw-domein.nl/wp-content/themes/naamvanjethema/functions.php

• Edit the file and add the following code after the first

          wp_set_password(‘nieuwwachtwoord’,1);

          The word between the parentheses is your new password. The 1 after the comma relates to the ID of the user in the database.

Save the changes. The new password is now available.