Comments on: Lost WordPress Admin Password and Email? How to get back into your weblog…

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:03:03 +0000

Great Tip.
Saved me a lot of time.

By: alec

alec — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:47:57 +0000

Hello Doug,

Replace the hash key and log in directly. Instructions linked above. I’d be surprised if your local weblog can’t mail but I suppose it depends on configuration.

By: doug

doug — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:54:27 +0000

How about if I have a blog that is for now only local (mail not configured) - then what?

By: Mark Falco

Mark Falco — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:07:24 +0000

Great advice, thanks! You just saved me a lot of time and frustration with this post!

By: Odile

Odile — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:48:43 +0000

Thanks, everyone, I did write to the server and they sent me a new password.

Odile

By: Kevin McNeese

Kevin McNeese — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:14:25 +0000

Thank you for this post! Worked like a charm and I’m back to blogging.

By: alec

alec — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:31:59 +0000

Glad it helped Lawrie.

Odile, I’m sorry but this technique requires a basic knowledge of how to administer a web hosting account. If you are still having issues, you could send a link to this article to your server help desk and ask them to follow the steps for you.

Depending on your hosting company, they will do this for you or not. I recommend Cartika as they do help with admin when you need it.

By: Lawrie from Ozz

Lawrie from Ozz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:04:06 +0000

Thanks mate your a life saver, well time saver.

Anyway your advice worked.

Cheers

By: Odile Brock

Odile Brock — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:12:20 +0000

I lost my Wordpress password and the email account I used no longer exists. I’d like to follow your instructions, but I don’t even understand step 1. What’s a server admin account? I never saw the names cPanel, Hsphere, Plesk… Sorry for being such a nongeek. Is there still hope?

By: alec

alec — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:00:10 +0000

Hi Fred,

If you have PHP MyAdmin over at GoDaddy, yes. I don’t have GoDaddy hosting and from my frustrating experiences administering domains at GoDaddy don’t plan to (ads and popups all over the place). It’s quite possible that you don’t have an easy way to administer your database at GoDaddy.

But I’m hoping for the best for you. Good luck.