Hacker changed my admin password
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My website was hacked. I cannot log in to WP, as the password was changed. When I ask for new password, it infoms me that my user name is a different one. I can log in with a new user name but have no permissions to do anything there, telling me that I should contact administrator.
Is there something I can do to be an administrator of my own webpage and recover it?
Thanks, Daniela
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My sorry to hear of your damaged site. You can change your password or give yourself admin rights using this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
I would do it, but I cannot get there. The only thing I can see is the new (by hacker created) user and this user has no rights. I can only change email and password on this new user. That’s it. Any other ideas please?
You will need to use phpmyadmin located in your hosting account.
yes, I have put wp_set_password( ‘password’, 1 ); after <?php: in FTP. So, it looks like this now:
<?php: wp_set_password( ‘password’, 1 );
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* Confirms that the activation key that is sent in an email after a user signs …. and lot of other stuff there.I have not received any email, nor I can log in with admin / password nor 1 / password
… what is wrong?
ThanksThat is using FTP. That only works if user1 exists and is an admin. The changes I am suggesting are in the database. Login to your hosting account and find phpmyadmin and follow the steps to changing the passwords or granting admin rights.
This requires no email. You should be able to login to your Dashboard as soon as you make the changes to the database.
thanks for help. I am there. Deleting spam and correcting my webpage. Thank you, Daniela
You are very welcome. You probably want to follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.
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