Default Wordpress credentials.
I installed my WP but can’t remember my credentials. I tried to send the link for resetting pass but it does not work. It states invalid key.
are there any default username and password?
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The “invalid key” error is indicative of some sort of cache/cookies issue. Try clearing them to see if it helps resolve your problem.
If that doesn’t work, your only choice is to reset it in the MySQL database. You can do it in PHPMyAdmin, just make sure the password is MD5’d before submitting it.
You can also do it in the MySQL command line, if you don’t have PHPMyAdmin installed.
This link will cover both of those options: http://codex.wordpress.org/ResettingYourPassword#ThroughMySQLCommand_Line
If you have WP CLI installed, you can use this: http://wp-cli.org/commands/user/update/
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do you have access to the database (via phpmyadmin)
if so, you can go to the wp-users table, find your user, and change the password to:
81dc9bdb52d04dc20036dbd8313ed055
your password will then be 1234
That will get you into wordpress and you can update your password to something better.