[Snippet] Manually reset a WordPress password
Posted on May 19, 2010
WordPress stores user passwords in MD5 checksums, so using your SQL admin tool of choice you can easily reset it.
- UPDATE `wp_users` SET `user_pass` = MD5('NEW PASSWORD') WHERE `wp_users`.`user_login` = "THE USER" LIMIT 1
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