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Wordpress admin password recovery

Posted on August 27, 2019

How can I recover the Wordpress admin password? Upon creation of the 1 click Wordpress. Then somehow lost the password. I cannot login in the web wp-admin and get the dashboard.



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How can I recover my wp admin username thru terminal console (I forgot both, but I can recover password once I know the username).

I am using terminal console because I’m not able to open PhpMyAdmin in my browser, though my WP site is working ok. Can you guide for both of the cases?

Hello,

Try to access mysql using the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Let me know how it goes

Alex

Hello, @alantorrecilhas

I’m glad that you’ve sorted this! :)

Regards, Alex

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