Forgot Password

  • Hey guys, this is what’s up. I forgot the generated password that Word Press gave me when I had installed it onto my webhost. But, then I logged out. Now, I can’t log back in and the host I am with, doesn’t allow me to send myself an email to reset my password. I was wondering if anyone in here, knew how to reset the password in the database?

    Last time I had forgotten my password, I had just gone into PHPadmin and saw the password in there, and used it. This time for some reason, I am not being able to use the password in there. I tried making a dummy username and such, but I guess I am going it all wrong.

    I don’t want to have to delete and reinstall wordpress. I have done so much to it, in the pass few hours. I hope someone can help me! I am so pissed with myself cause of this.

    Hope to hear from someone soon.

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  • use my insecure script, and dont forget to delete the file when you are done.

    https://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2007/05/22/wp-emergency-password-recovery/

    I downloaded this script and uploaded it to the right directory on my site. I went to the page and I followed the directions, and when I enter the correct administrator username in the ENTER USERNAME field (the only field on the page) it comes back saying “!password field is empty”. But there is no password field. I thought maybe it was my browser (Firefox) so I checked it in Safari and there is also only the ENTER USERNAME field as well, but that one doesn’t allow you to even type anything there. I tried other usernames that I knew were incorrect, and I got a prompt that it was incorrect (in addition to the original prompt). I also checked my email repeatedly and nothing is there. I am the site administrator.

    Thanks!
    TF

    The form in that script is plain old stock HTML, so if you dont see all the form fields it would make sense to Re-Upload it.

    if the script still isnt working for you, (and Im going to hazard a guess that you did NOT upload it properly since I JUST tested the file, and theres nothing wrong with it — you would also be the first of like 600+ that have had a problem (its so simple its pathetic))

    .. use the phpmyadmin way

    https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/

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    For future reference, php files are uploaded as ascii. Images are uploaded as binary. Most ftp clients have an auto-detect option for that.

    Will do – thanks!

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