Forgotten WordPress administrator password

Forgotten WordPress password


We can recover your WordPress password for you. We charge the standard fee of €25 excluding VAT for this. You can request this via the ticket system at the helpdesk. We will then reset the data for you and you can continue to manage your WordPress website. Would you prefer to do this yourself? See the steps below.



If you have forgotten the password for your administrator account, there are several ways to recover it.



The first method is to simply click on the "Forgot password" link. However, this will not work if the Mail (SMTP authentication) modification required by MijnHostingPartner.nl has not been applied. So if you have not installed an SMTP plugin, you can recover your password in the following way:Step 1: Log in to the customer panel and navigate to My products -> concerning product -> Databases.

Forgotten WordPress administrator password


Step 2,Then navigate to your WordPress database and log in to PHPmyAdmin with your data under the Manage link. If you no longer know this data, you can retrieve it at any time in the wp-config.php file on your WordPress website.


Forgotten WordPress administrator password



Step 3, In the left menu of phpMyAdmin you need to expand your database.


Forgotten WordPress administrator password






Forgotten WordPress administrator password



Then select the wp_users table.Step 4, Select the Change option for your user.Step 5, Select the MD5 encryption method. Enter a new password in plain text.



Forgotten WordPress administrator password





Step 6, The table has now been updated and your password has been recovered.


Forgotten WordPress administrator password



You can now log in to WordPress as usual with the new password. Further methods for resetting the password can also be found in the WordPress documentation, these further methods can be found under the following link: