Posted 3 years ago #
Hey there!
Problem ;( My brother set up a website for me 2 years ago (Jordan-heim.com) and gave me the password/name. I had it entered on automatic entry so I didn't have to type it in each time. The problem is, I haven't a clue what the username was! I know the comment notices were sent to my email. I've guessed on the username many times, and my brother hasn't a clue.
What can I do to access my site? "Forgot password" doesn't work when you don't have the username.
Posted 3 years ago #
Oh, and to state the obvious a made this username just now to access the forum.
And the reason I can't just look up the auto-entry is that the computer i had it on...hard drive fried.
you get that username the same way you would change the password, if you didnt have the same email. You go into the database and look for it.
ALL registered usernames are stored inside the users table in the database.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
the pictures toward the bottom show what you'll see using phpmyadmin. the username field is user_login, and you can see from the one pic that the username on that example site is admin.
How you access the MySQL database is up to you and your host.
Posted 3 years ago #
having troubles with this being really complicated. any other ideas?
if not...I'll keep at this one..
what i wrote wasnt an idea -- its what you have to do.
the admin username is stored in your database.
and btw, have you actually tried admin as the username?
Posted 3 years ago #
Unless set otherwise, admin is the username which WordPress defaults to.
Using the link whooami sent you, if you have phpmyadmin, go that route to get it changed. That is usually the easiest way. --Of course, easy all depends on the person. What one person finds easy is hard for another person, and vice-versa.
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