• Hey,
    i’m feeling very stupid right now not being able to log in to my admin site anymore. I dindn’t use it for a year or more and i have the feeling everything changed!? to login before i used myadress/wp-admin and came to a site where i had to put my name and password now there’s just a banner saying i have to give my password and somehow it isn’t correct but there’s no option to reset it. and i checket my e-mails but cannot find any registration mail from wordpress. what should i do?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    In WordPress, there is more than one way for Rsetting Your Password .

    Thread Starter litschi

    (@litschi)

    Yes, that’s what i tried already. i tried the link with my domain name but it doesn’t work and as i said mine, when i recall right was domain/wp-admin. But there’s no option or link that says ‘forgot password’

    Go to your WordPress Login page (something like http://yoursite.com/wordpress/wp-login.php)
    Click on the Lost your password? link
    You will be taken to a page to put in some details. Enter your username or the email address on file for that account.
    Wait happily as your new password is emailed to you.
    Once you get your new password, login and change it to something you can remember on your profile page.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    But there’s no option or link that says ‘forgot password’

    What theme are you using?

    Try switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Sixteen, etc.) for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins). If you don’t have access to your admin area, use FTP , or your web-host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides (no Dashboard access required). Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the end of the folder name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme. That will force your site to use it.

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