See if any of these other methods will work for you:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
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mizpat
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Thanks, the FTP option might work. Will try this weekend.
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mizpat
(@mizpat)
I finally tried the FTP option in the Codex link, but it did not work. At first it looked like it would work – the URL changed for a moment to “…/wp-admin” but then I was redirected back to the login page. The Lost Password link still does not work.
I am using Twenty Twelve theme. The question is not just, how do I reset the password when the Lost Password link doesn’t work?
The question is also, why is the Lost Password link broken?
I have not customized the Twenty Twelve theme at all, not one bit of custom code. I chose it because it was built and tested to be a WordPress default theme (in 2012), so it should be very stable and not break like this.
Please note I am not a programmer. Thanks for any help out there.
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mizpat
(@mizpat)
Resolved:
1. The phpMyAdmin option in the above link worked, so I was able to log in. But the problem of the broken link remained.
2. I remembered I had added the WooCommerce plugin. When I deactivated the plugin, the Lost Password link worked again. So it was caused by a conflict with that plugin.
Thanks for the help.
