Resetting Password in phpMyAdmin

  • Hi
    I have done this numerous times before and it worked but now it does not work, why?

    I go into phpMyAdmin and to the Users table and I want to change the password using MD5. It use to give me the right hash format but now it doesn’t so what is going on?

    I have been on this for a quite a few hours now and going round in circles.

    Also to change an old Admin username according to quite a lot of tutorials is quite easy well not on my website. The database shows the changes but inside WordPress it doesn’t, again what is going on.

    Is it a built in account and doesn’t need the database? I have to login with the old admin username that does not appear in the database and yes I am looking at the right database as there is only one.

    The website is up to date to the latest version.

    Cheers

    Colin

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    In case its a cache issue, try flushing any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches. Not just your browser, but any op cache or content network cache as well such as Cloudflare. If your host provider has a “Purge Varnish” option or if you can ask your provider to flush memcache on your server. If you are using SiteLock, manage your caching there.

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