Title: Password not recognized Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Password not recognized * [diyaata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diyaata/) * (@diyaata) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/) * Hi all, * Since yesterday, I’m unable to login to my wp-admin. * I tried resetting my password, as i started doubting myself. Doesn’t work, tried many many times. Tried changing my password via php admin, doesn’t work, still not recognized and I’m sure it’s the right password! Yesterday i got blocked for 24 hours due to trying too many times and today it’s still not working. * I e-mailed my host but they are not replying during the weekend, anyone who has an idea how i can solve this? * Many many thanks in advance, i’m becoming a bit desperate by now! Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [lisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contentiskey/) * (@contentiskey) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-6951580) * what is the procedure you used to change the password via PHPmyAdmin? can you set up a new admin user in PHPmyAdmin? * [neotechnomad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neotechnomad/) * (@neotechnomad) * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-6951584) * This may help: [WordPress Codex : Resetting Your Password Through phpMyAdmin](https://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password#Through_phpMyAdmin) * Thread Starter [diyaata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diyaata/) * (@diyaata) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-6951707) * Hiya, * The link above is exactly what i followed and unfortunately it doesn’t work. * How do I set up a new admin user and what would be the next step then? * Thanks! * [neotechnomad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neotechnomad/) * (@neotechnomad) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-6951727) * The next step: [Changing your password Using the Emergency Password Reset Script](https://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password#Using_the_Emergency_Password_Reset_Script). This requires that you know your administrator username. * If this does not work, then your only option is to contact your host to see if they can reset your username/password and send the reset to your email. * Thread Starter [diyaata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diyaata/) * (@diyaata) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-6951729) * Thank you, I’m a bit scared to do this though as I’m not thát technical. I will wait for my host to come back to me tomorrow and if they cannot help me, i will have to give this a shot. Thanks again. * [neotechnomad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neotechnomad/) * (@neotechnomad) * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-6951733) * This link shows you how to create a new admin through your database: [Creating a new admin account via MySQL](http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/333-add-admin-via-mysql) * Make sure you copy all the code exactly. * This assumes that your database table prefix is set to “wp_”. * If you are using something different, then make sure to adjust your code accordingly. For example, if you are using “wptables_” instead of “wp_”, then the code “INSERT INTO `wp_users`“ would be “INSERT INTO `wptables_users`“ * In the code they provide, you then have to change what is in ‘red’ (…on the actual page I’ve linked is the red colour) in this code: `VALUES ('newadmin', MD5(' pass123'), 'firstname lastname', 'email@example.com', '0');` * ======= * newadmin – this you change to the new username (do not use “admin”) pass123 – this you change to the new password firstname – this will be what it says, a first name lastname – this will be what it says, a last name [email@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/email@example.com?output_format=md)– this will be an email, but do not use the email you already have for the site or for your present admin * ========= * Once the database updates, you can go to your wordpress login as normal and use the new admin login information to gain access. * Reset the password for your old account and write down its username and password somewhere. Log out from the new admin and log in with your now-changed old one to see if it works. If it does, then you have the choice of either keeping both( a good fail-safe), deleting the new one, or deleting the new one. * [gdelisle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdelisle/) * (@gdelisle) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-6951917) * Thanks NeoTechnomad for this link which helped me with this problem. I tried many solutions before this which did not work — I used the reset function many times, disabled all plugins, reset several times through phpMyAdmin, tried the emergency script, replaced the user with a known good copy from another database, and each time the process appeared to work, but the password was always rejected. At this point I suspect some corruption of the wp-users and/or wp-usermeta table is involved. Nothing whatsoever can be done with the old admin user to make it function, but the new admin user is working fine. * [David Borrink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidborrink/) * (@davidborrink) * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/password-not-recognized-1/#post-8540698) * Neotechnomad, * Thank you for posting this! This was a perfect solution. * I had restored a broken database on my wife’s WAMP server on her laptop after six months of trial and error, only to find I couldn’t log into the dashboard! I had tried resetting passwords in PHPMyAdmin but had no luck getting them to work. This got us in! * My wife is extremely happy that her seven years of post archives can now be retrieved again. You made our long ordeal come to a complete and happy resolution. 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