How to Reset Your WordPress Admin Password Print

If you can't log in to WordPress and the "Lost your password?" email isn't arriving, you can reset the password from cPanel.

Option 1: Use "Lost Your Password?"

1. Go to https://yourdomain.com.au/wp-login.php
2. Click Lost your password?
3. Enter your username or email address
4. Check your email (and the spam folder) for the reset link

Option 2: Reset It With Softaculous

1. Log in to cPanel (see How to Log In to cPanel)
2. Open Softaculous Apps Installer
3. Click Installations (the box icon at the top)
4. Click the pencil icon next to your WordPress site
5. Under Admin Account, choose your admin user and enter a new password
6. Click Save Installation Details

Option 3: Reset It in phpMyAdmin

Use this if WordPress wasn't installed with Softaculous.

1. In cPanel, open phpMyAdmin (see How to Use phpMyAdmin)
2. Click your WordPress database on the left. If you have several, the right one is listed in wp-config.php
3. Click the wp_users table (the start of the name may be different)
4. Click Edit next to your user
5. In the user_pass row, choose MD5 in the Function column and type your new password in the Value column
6. Click Go

You can now log in with the new password. WordPress will upgrade the password to stronger encryption automatically.