Title: Superuser deleted Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Superuser deleted * [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/) * We stopped working with the former superuser well over a year ago, though he told me when we parted that he had given me superuser status. Wrong, but based on that misinformation, I deleted the superuser. Ok, that was dumb, but now how do I re-create a superuser and assign it to myself? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/page/2/?output_format=md) * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464802) * Look at the last method here: * [http://drawne.com/add-super-admin-wordpress-network/](http://drawne.com/add-super-admin-wordpress-network/) * If you know the numeric ID for your own user record, you can make yourself a superadmin. * [Wooninjas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooninjas/) * (@wooninjas) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464848) * This will solve your problem. follow the steps carefully. * [http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/333-add-admin-via-mysql](http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/333-add-admin-via-mysql) * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464866) * !. I know my user name, but not number. How would I find it? 2. I do not know how to access the cPanel interface. Where do I find it? * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464871) * look at wp_users in phpmyadmin to get your user id or look at Users -> All Users. Hover over the leftmost link for your ID (to the right of your avatar) and you’ll see an “id=” in the URL. that’s your database ID. * Contact your host for help getting to the cpanel or phymyadmin. * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464936) * I determined my ID number in phpMyAdmin, as suggested by sterndata, but I cannot find wp-content, let alone functions.php. Where do I look for it? As for the next to last option, there is no wp_sitemeta table in phpMyAdmin for my site. * As for the suggestion made by Wooninjas, I succeeded in adding an admin per the steps laid out, but it created another administrator, like me, not a superadmin( superuser). Is there code which would create a superuser, rather than an administrator? * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464937) * The only .php files I find are in Appearance, then Editor, but there is no function. php. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464941) * are you on a multisite system? You used super admin, but perhaps that’s no what you meant. * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464946) * I found function.php. However, when I added the code, I got this message, “Fatal error: Call to undefined function grant_super_admin() in /data/21/3/30/21/3682184/ user/4095120/htdocs/wp-content/themes/auriga/functions.php on line 230” * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464948) * Now, I cannot get into the portal at all. When I try, the error message set out above appears. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464950) * download that file via FTP, delete the line in question, and re-upload it. * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464957) * Where do I go, what site, to FTP the file? As it turns out, my site is also crashed. When I try to reach it, cunhaholcomb.com, the “Fatal error: Call to undefined function grant_super_admin() in /data/21/3/30/21/3682184/user/4095120/htdocs/ wp-content/themes/auriga/functions.php on line 230” error message appears. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464958) * Check with your host for FTP information. The file is /wp-content/themes/auriga/ functions.php. * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464960) * I’m able to access the files through my host, but there are 6 different functions. php files. Should I look at them all? None are dated today. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464961) * no, just the one you edited, which appears to be wp-content/themes/auriga/functions. php. * Thread Starter [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * (@jackcunha) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/#post-7464974) * Ok, I fixed functions.php. Any other ideas on how to re-create a superadmin? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Superuser deleted’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 16 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [jackcunha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcunha/) * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superuser-deleted/page/2/#post-7464980) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics