Title: Lost Password Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Lost Password * [unspun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unspun/) * (@unspun) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/) * A friend is starting up her blog [http://cafepolitico.us/blog1/](http://cafepolitico.us/blog1/) and has lost her password and is getting frustrated not being able to work on her site. If you have help please let me know or send her a quick note at [stacyx@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/stacyx@gmail.com?output_format=md) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/page/2/?output_format=md) * [vaamyob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaamyob/) * (@vaamyob) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303670) * Do you/she have access to the database ? * Thread Starter [unspun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unspun/) * (@unspun) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303674) * I’ll ask. * [vaamyob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaamyob/) * (@vaamyob) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303677) * If she has access to the database, then she can put a “known” password **hash** into the user_pass column of the wp_users table for her userid and that will allow her to login. * If you need a “known” password hash, let me know and I’ll email it to her. * [vaamyob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaamyob/) * (@vaamyob) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303683) * lol, a quick search brings up this: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password) * Thread Starter [unspun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unspun/) * (@unspun) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303699) * Thanks, she is working to find out where things are. I’ll get back to you once we advance here a little. * [vaamyob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaamyob/) * (@vaamyob) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303701) * `Thanks, she is working to find out where things are. I'll get back to you once we advance here a little. * – Arrgh, non…techie…language…hurts…pain…(exhale) * Seriously though, the link I posted above provides all the help I could have offered. * Good luck ! * Thread Starter [unspun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/unspun/) * (@unspun) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303727) * I know. what you mean. You should see the whole conversation we’ve had. And this text box has some kind of bug working the right border has disappeared and the only way to get words to wrap is to hit enter as if it were a carriage return. Thanks for your help Vaam. Have a good evening. * [stacyb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stacyb/) * (@stacyb) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303976) * Hi, I am the one with the password issue- I went into myphp admin and was able to change the password in the directory, but I still can’t into my blog administration panel. I have also tried (before that) having a new password emailed to me and that also didn’t work. * I really don’t know what to do at this point. I am considering deleting the whole blog (it is just a few days old) from my yahoo server and starting from scratch if I can’t get into my blog soon. If I do that, I will have to set up a new blog wp account, right? Thus I wouldn’t have the same current problem? Or would it be just new wp files under the existing account? * Thanks in advance. I am new to both wordpress (used blogger before) and also new to web/blog site maintenance so I apologize if I don’t speak the “language” 😉 * -Stacy * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-303983) * Stacy – What is the precise error you get ? Codex is dead right now so I can’t check the link but follow what this page says: [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin) * [stacyb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stacyb/) * (@stacyb) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-304012) * Podz- thanks for your response. * I went through that (but it was codex)page last night and did exactly what it tolk me to do- and when I finished the directory *did* show that I had sucessfully changed my password for my administrative user name in the directory but when I went to sign in on my blog, it again said “incorrect password.” At this stage, I really don’t know what to do. * I am at work now and cant go in and try again in the php directory and attempt to change the password again. * I am really stumped. * [stacyb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stacyb/) * (@stacyb) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-304013) * Podz- question- worst case scenario- if I have to delete my current blog from my server (its only a couple of days old- thus not a lot of files/pages), if I create a completely new wordpress blog will it be a totally new administrative account and thus require me to set up a different user name and password, or will the new blog be under the same account with the current password thus meaning I wil have exactly the same problem? * [vaamyob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaamyob/) * (@vaamyob) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-304014) * Did you click on the “MD5” button after you typed in your new password ? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-304016) * staceyb – it would be completely new, assuming you ‘DROPPED’ all the old db tabes. But check what Vaam suggested – I’ve forgotten to get MD5 there too before. * [stacyb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stacyb/) * (@stacyb) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-304028) * Yes, I selected MD5 after changing the password and still no luck. * Ok, dumb question- If I delete the folder on my server control panel that contains all the blog files in my file manager, is that tantamount to”dropping” the old db tables? I just want to make sure if I scrap the whole blog I do it correctly so I dont run into the same problem with an old wordpress password I cant get to work. * Thanks again for your help * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/#post-304030) * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/empty-drop/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/empty-drop/) that shows how to Drop a table. * Alternatively, leave everything just where it is. Download wp-config.php Open that and find this bit: `$table_prefix = 'wp_';` Change that to `$table_prefix = 'blog_';` save, upload. Then run Install again. That will make a new database, just as if you had deleted everything and started over. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Lost Password’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [lost](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/lost/) * [password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/password/) * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 17 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [stacyb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stacyb/) * Last activity: [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-password-3/page/2/#post-304162) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics