How to Recover WordPress Password (2 Easy Ways)

Who remembers everything? If you have forgotten the password of your WordPress dashboard, don’t worry. You can recover it, and it’s a small process. 

In this post, I am going to show you two methods to recover WordPress passwords. Afterward, you will be able to reset to any password you want. 

Let’s check now. 

Using Recovery Option

Recovering a password won’t take long. Here I am showing the process in three simple steps. Follow the steps and recover your password in no time.

Step 1: Hit Lost Password

First, go to your dashboard’s login page and try to log in with your password. If you have failed to log in to your dashboard, click on the ‘Lost your password?’ 

Step 2: Provide Username or Email Address

Now, you will be asked to tell your username or email address that you used to register your ID on your dashboard. Provide your username or email and hit “Get New Password”.

Once you enter a valid email address or username, WordPress will send you an email address associated with the email address.

Now check your email and check for the password reset email.

If you don’t find it, check your Spam folder. 

Step 3: Reset the Password

When you get the mail, click on the reset password link. This will take you back to your website and allow you to enter a new password. 

WordPress will generate a strong password for you. But you can give your preferred password (though it is recommended to choose a strong password).

A strong password contains more than 8 characters long and contains both upper, and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. Once you have entered a password, press the Reset Password button, then you will see a notification. 

Congratulations, your password has been reset successfully. 

Using Phpmyadmin

If you have your hosting admin access, then you can recover your password through phpmyadmin. To do this

Step 1: Open Hosting Panel

Login to your hosting panel using credentials (Here, I am using cPanel). Then click on phpMyAdmin.

It will open the PHP admin of your site.

Step 2: Open ‘wp_users’

Now click on your website from the right bar and click ‘wp_users’.

Now, you will be able to see the password.

Step 3: Edit Password

If you would like to edit the password, then click on the Edit button beside your user.

From the ‘user_pass’ field, choose ‘MD5’ and then, in the right field, write your password.

After you are done, scroll below. Choose Save and hit the ‘Go’ button. Your password has been reset from the phpmyadmin database.

FAQ

Conclusion

I hope you got the whole process right to recover WordPress password. Always use recovery mail and try to remember your password. If you have any questions feel free to ask me, I will be happy to answer those. If you liked the post, please share it.