Comments on: Changing a lost WordPress password

By: Will

Will — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:25:48 +0000

Thanx for the post, it works great!!!

By: Nico

Nico — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:26:57 +0000

Oh God.. You’re a lifesaver.. I accidently forgot my password, it’s still wordpress installation default password. Unfortunately I can’t retreive it cause I’m still in development phase in localhost. I’m wasting my time for hours trying to setup the smtp mail function with no luck before finding your post.. Your solution only takes me less than a minute, and finally i’m able to logging in.. Thanks mate.. so much appreciate it..

By: Hello News

Hello News — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:30:17 +0000

That save me from trouble

By: Pino

Pino — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:57:32 +0000

Thank you – had a client forget their p/w – this was a life saver!

By: Vikingzheng

Vikingzheng — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:43:55 +0000

I found an answer on why there are some “Q, G” in the “user_pass” field.
When we logon once, it will translate to MD5 code to it..

By: Vikingzheng

Vikingzheng — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:34:46 +0000

Hi, Cobus, there are some letters like “Q, G” in the “user_pass” field. But if it is the MD5 Hash encryption, the “Q, G” or some else should not be generated.

There is my plan: Set up a new account, use a simple password like “111″. And you can use the phpMyAdmin to find this account’s “user_pass” field’s value. And copy this value to your forgotten account’s “user_pass” field. The conclusion is your forgotten account’s password will be reset to the same as the new one.

By the way, your web is an awesome job! It is beautiful!

By: Cobus

Cobus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:08:02 +0000

@Davie: Did you get the email i sent you?

By: Davie

Davie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:45:51 +0000

Hi Cobus,I dont have a clue as to what to do,I need a step by step formula.
Can u help pls?

By: Cobus

Cobus — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:20:13 +0000

@Davie: No, you do not need to be administrator to do this. This is not done inside WordPress, but through phpMyAdmin, which is a database manager.
You’ll find phpMyAdmin in your hosting package’s control panel.

Make sense?

By: Davie

Davie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:28:54 +0000

Hi Cobus,dont I need to be the administrator to access this?This is what I’m attempting to get back,my administrative rights but as I’m a “user” not admin I cant get in to change me back