Title: Changing WordPress Admin email address
Last modified: June 7, 2018

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# Changing WordPress Admin email address

 *  Resolved [Garrett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garrettn/)
 * (@garrettn)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-admin-email-address/)
 * Somehow my site admin email address got set to an invalid email. Now I need to
   change to the admin email address to my own, however, when I do this I get a 
   confirmation link via email that sends me to a 404 on my site.
 * Is there a way to edit this in the MySQL database without confirmation? Why wouldn’t
   the confirmation email link work?
 * Thank you!
    Garrett

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-admin-email-address/#post-10376367)
 * > Is there a way to edit this in the MySQL database
 * To check the users’s Email, look closer at the key/value pairs inside the wp_usermeta
   table.
 *  Thread Starter [Garrett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garrettn/)
 * (@garrettn)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-admin-email-address/#post-10376395)
 * I ended up solving it using the Better Search & Replace plugin for WordPress 
   because I couldn’t get immediate access to MySQL. I know this feature is for 
   security, but it’s quite annoying when you’re trying to help clients manage their
   sites.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-admin-email-address/#post-10376401)
 * Glad you got it sorted 🙂

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-wordpress-admin-email-address/#post-10376401)
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