Do I exist?

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  • Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    I would change the password in PHPMyAdmin. Here’s a link on resetting your WordPress password. I hope it helps!

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

    Thread Starter alandrover

    (@alandrover)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Cheers for this, Tim! I actually asked my web host to reset the password as for some reason I have no access to PHPmyadmin. This they did and sent me the registered username and a new password. So I can get in now, but the rub is that when my site was recently hacked, the hacker changed my username to his. I cannot chnage this back in my profile – is there any way it can be restored to the original?

    Alan.

    Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Hey Alan,

    I’ve never had to change my usernames in WordPress, but I pulled up my Dev site and you should be able to change the username in the wp_users table in your WordPress database.

    I hope this helps!

    Thread Starter alandrover

    (@alandrover)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    OK, Tim thanks – alternatively, could I create myself as a new user with administrator rights, then delete the rogue administrator??

    Alan

    Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    You can do that as well. You’ll log in with your existing user, and create a new admin account. Then you’ll log out, and re-login using the new user. Then delete the old user. It’ll ask you if you want to remove the posts by the old user or re-assign them to another user.

    I tested this on my dev site to be sure.

    Thread Starter alandrover

    (@alandrover)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks for all your advice, Tim! I managed to make the changes in phpadmin in the end so everything is back to normal again! I’ve tightened up on security, so hopefully I shouldn’t have the same problem again!

    Regards,

    Alan.

    Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Hey Alan,

    I’m glad I could assist you. Since WordPress is so widely used it’s extremely important to make sure it stays up to date and you are mindful of your passwords. I always recommend to people to make sure their passwords are non-dictionary alpha-numeric passwords. And it’s best practice to change the Admin user so the username isn’t admin either.

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