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1. bensonmedia
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi.

   I cannot login into my wordpress blog. I have recently parted ways with my blog promoter and he has not given me the username and password and where to login as he mentioned he has forgotten!

   This is very frustrating as I don't know what to do. I have my server FTP details that hold all the pages. I have gone through php files and tried to look for it but not sure what to look for?

   He started the blog for us and created all entries so I never accessed the blog admin.

   How do I get the username, password and where to login to make more posting on my site. I can provide all relevant details of the site and server if ness.

   Please get back to me.... many thanks in advance.

2. Jonathan Dingman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try looking here to reset the password:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

3. bensonmedia
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks.

   I know how to use the wordpress.com when it is not integrated into subdomain.

   Where is the admin area?

   I do not know the username or password... all I have is the ftp blog files on my server. Is there anyway I can find out from there?

   Many thanks

4. esmi
   Theme Diva & Mod
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Try using http://your_blog_domain_name/wp-admin

5. converting2wp
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   On the server, there should be a wp-config.php file with lines near the top like

   1. define('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere');
   2. define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere');
   3. define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere');
   4. define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

   [If those lines aren't in the file, look for a line like

   include('/some/path/name/somefile.php') and find that file in your ftp files (it may not be in the WordPress directory).]

   Lines 1-3 above give the database name, user name and password *for the database* that WordPress uses internally. You can use those to reset the password for the WordPress users.

   If line #4 does say "localhost" then your database server is the same as your ftp server, and if you have shell access to the server, you can use the MySQL instructions in the article referenced above.

   If line #4 doesn't say "localhost" it's likely you have phpMyAdmin access to that server and be able to follow those instructions to reset the password (and you don't need shell access).

   But unless your "blog promoter" is actually hosting the site for you (i.e. he controls the actual machine where you files live) you may be able to contact the web services provider and get some help with the above from them. But if you're not sure how to use the admin area, you may need some additional help from someone who's familiar with installing and configuring WordPress.

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