reset wordpress password from ftp
beside all other usual way to reset wordpress password, like from email lost password or from phpmyadmin, there’s another way, simple way to reset worpress password from ftp
Connect to your ftp server, enter your current in use wordpress theme directory, and open/edit functions.php
add this entry to the first line after <?php
wp_set_password(‘newpassword’,1);
newpassword is your temporary password
now you can login to wp-admin with your newpassword
remember this’s just temporary password, it’s store on palin text, so it’s not safe at all. Change your password immedietly on wordpress dashboard, and remove entry u’ve just enter to functions.php
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August 25th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
its very usefull
this trick help me once , when I forget my wp password …. vian
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 am
Wah, boleh juga tuh ide nya.. hehe
Ryan Isra
November 17th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I just found out from this blog that wordpress password can be change via ftp. thanks for your tips. johan
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
oh, my god. it’s wonderful to changing the password when it is all to easy. It’s as simple as that. I did not know. Oftentimes I had the problem to forgot the password and i took great pains to get the forgotten password. In the majority of cases I did need this password badly and I got nervously.
Your tips will be a great help for me in the future. Thank you very much indeed. tina
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:56 pm
oh, my god. it’s wonderful to changing the password when it is all to easy. It’s as simple as that. I did not know. Oftentimes I had the problem to forgot the password and I took great pains to get the forgotten password. In the majority of cases I did need this password badly and I got nervously.
Thank you very much indeed. Your tips will be a great help for me in the future. tina