Title: Need new Site admin
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Need new Site admin

 *  [Harvey Kabaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harvey-kabaker/)
 * (@harvey-kabaker)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-new-site-admin/)
 * Our WordPress site admin has disappeared. How can our organization get admin 
   control? I understand that you don’t want someone to hijack a site, but how can
   an organization keep working? Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [Harvey Kabaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harvey-kabaker/)
 * (@harvey-kabaker)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-new-site-admin/#post-6883512)
 * Maybe we need a new Webmaster, rather than site admin? New to this.
 *  [keytastic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keytastic/)
 * (@keytastic)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-new-site-admin/#post-6883514)
 * Just to clarify are you looking for a person to fill that role for your organization,
   or is something wrong with the admin account on your website?
 *  Thread Starter [Harvey Kabaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harvey-kabaker/)
 * (@harvey-kabaker)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-new-site-admin/#post-6883516)
 * No, we can handle the job; just need to know how to take control of the WordPress
   project. Thanks anyway.
 *  [keytastic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keytastic/)
 * (@keytastic)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-new-site-admin/#post-6883518)
 * Oh ok. Well, I’m not sure if this is the “correct” solution to your problem, 
   but you could change the role of an existing user from phpmyadmin. Make them 
   an administrator and then they would regain access to the admin role, allowing
   you to modify the previous administrator role.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-new-site-admin/#post-6883536)
 * To do that, if you are **not** using Multisite, access your database via phpMyAdmin(
   most hosting providers offer this in your hosting account’s panel), go to the`
   _users` table and find the row for your `user_login` . Note the `ID` of this 
   row. Now, go to the `_usermeta` table and find the `wp_capabilities` row for 
   your `user_id` . Set the value of this row to:
 * `a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}`

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-new-site-admin/#post-6883536)
 * Status: not resolved

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