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Reset wordpress dashboard password from command line

Posted July 28, 2018 2.2k views
WordPress One-Click Install Apps Ubuntu 16.04

I lost the password for the wordpress dashboard. I can login as root to the droplet via SSH. I am using the wordpress 1-click install (Ubuntu 16.04) on my droplet. I have no mail server setup. How do I reset the dashboard user and password via command line from the root account?

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X40C July 28, 2018

Greetings,

You could use phpmyadmin or something like that and change the admin e-mail and click reset password if you’ve set a dummy e-mail. I know this isn’t really the answer to your question but since i don’t know that one i’ve come up with the next best thing.

Kind Regards,
Alex

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albertocorrias August 3, 2018

Thanks, Alex! Much appreciated. That worked. Actually, a proper google search for “wordpress reset dashboard users from command line” also yielded the exact answer to my question.

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vishesh March 31, 2019

Hi
in one click install, we do not get phpmyadmin installed, do we?
i need to reset my password and have one-click install
please assist

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