Title: Major Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Major Problems

 *  [phenomenal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phenomenal/)
 * (@phenomenal)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/major-problems-5/)
 * Hey, I recently forgot my password by accident for WordPress, and when I click
   on the “Forgot Password” option, it won’t even e-mail me the link to reset my
   password. It always says that a confirmation e-mail has been sent, but I have
   never gotten one of those. So, am I screwed? Do I have to start my site ALL over
   again, or is there a way to fix this?

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 *  [cryonics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cryonics/)
 * (@cryonics)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/major-problems-5/#post-1162559)
 * Use phpMyAdmin, in users, edit the field for the admin, type a new password. 
   At left select the MD5 option for the type of data, and save.
 * Now you can enter with the new password.
 *  Thread Starter [phenomenal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phenomenal/)
 * (@phenomenal)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/major-problems-5/#post-1162562)
 * Where is the field for the admin? The only field’s there are:
    ID user_login 
   user_pass user_nicename user_email user_url user_registered user_activation_key
   user_status user_status display_name
 * Is the admin field within any of those?
 *  Thread Starter [phenomenal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phenomenal/)
 * (@phenomenal)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/major-problems-5/#post-1162568)
 * Nevermind, I found it. It was in the user_nicename field. Thanks for the help
   🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [phenomenal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phenomenal/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/major-problems-5/#post-1162568)
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