{"id":25190,"date":"2026-07-09T13:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kunskap.websupport.se\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=25190"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:47:29","slug":"password-reset-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/kunskap.websupport.se\/en\/kb\/password-reset-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Password Reset on WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several ways to reset a forgotten WordPress password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Via the link &#8220;Forgot your password?&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instructions for beginners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you know the username and email address defined in your WordPress profile, you can create a new password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click &#8220;Forgot your password?&#8221; on the page where you log in to WordPress administration (yourdomain.com\/wp-admin).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your username or the email address you defined in your profile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A verification link is sent to your email address to reset your old password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After clicking the verification link, your old password is reset and you can choose a new one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After you confirm the password change, you simply log in to the content management system administration with your new password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Via FTP Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instructions for beginners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s also an easy way to change your password via FTP if you&#8217;re an administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to your website via FTP and download the features.php file in your active theme<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit the file and add this code right at the beginning after the first &lt;? Php:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">wp_set_password('password',1);\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enter your own new password for the main administrator. &#8220;1&#8221; is the user ID number in the wp_users table<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload the modified file back to your site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After you log in, you must go back and remove the code. If you don&#8217;t, your password will change every time the page loads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Via phpMyAdmin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For experienced users<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have access to the database used by WordPress, you can change the password or login name directly in the MySQL tables in the database via phpMyAdmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to phpMyAdmin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the WordPress database (if you don&#8217;t know which one you use, you&#8217;ll find it defined in the wp-config.php file on your host)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All database tables are displayed and select &#8220;wp_users&#8221;. Click &#8220;Browse&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A list of users defined in the wp_users table is displayed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Via the &#8220;checkbox&#8221; we mark the user we want to edit and click &#8220;Change&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the &#8220;user_pass&#8221; row, set the MD5 function in the &#8220;Function&#8221; column and enter a new password in the &#8220;Value&#8221; column. Finally click &#8220;Execute&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a successful change, we can log in with a new password at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">example.se\/wp-login.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If, despite the procedures mentioned above, you cannot reset the password, this official guide will help you directly from WordPress<\/strong>:<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/resetting-your-password\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/resetting-your-password\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways to reset a forgotten WordPress password. Via the link &#8220;Forgot your password?&#8221; Instructions for beginners If you know the username and email address defined in your WordPress profile, you can create a new password. 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