Title: WordPress Forgets Password
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Forgets Password

 *  [Darfuria](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darfuria/)
 * (@darfuria)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/)
 * Having an issue with an installation of WordPress whereby the password I set 
   doesn’t work (not an obscure password by any means), so I go through the process
   of resetting it – manage to login once, and then if I change it or not, the password
   will not work next time I try to login. I have to go through the process of resetting
   it again – which sometimes doesn’t work.
 * I have disabled all plugins and didn’t have any errors when I applied the 2.8.4
   update. Nor have I done anything odd with themes or anything like that.
 * Any suggestions?

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226858)
 * Delete cookies, clear cache and history, clear saved passwords in browser. Try
   again.
 *  Thread Starter [Darfuria](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darfuria/)
 * (@darfuria)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226871)
 * All tried – no joy.
 * Sorry, should have specified that I did that in the first post.
 * This occurs for multiple users too – so I don’t think I could put it down to 
   a local issue.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226876)
 * Try again:
 * 1. logout or logout with [http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-login.php?loggedout=true](http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-login.php?loggedout=true)
   
   2. clear cookies 3. exit browser 4. make sure a local firewall is not causing
   problem 5. login with [http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-login.php](http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-login.php)
   6. disable all plugins
 * And/or: [Resetting Password and emergency password reset script](http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password)
 *  Thread Starter [Darfuria](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darfuria/)
 * (@darfuria)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226888)
 * Thanks for your suggestion.
 * Unfortunately I ran through all of that and it didn’t resolve the issue. The 
   password was reset using the emergency password reset script – and as usual, 
   after logging in and using the system, I logged out and was unable to log back
   in again.
 * No plugins have been enabled.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226889)
 * Mystery. I’d do a reupgrade. And can you use PhpMyAdmin? Use that to repair your
   database.
 *  Thread Starter [Darfuria](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darfuria/)
 * (@darfuria)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226896)
 * Yeah – I ran through a repair in PhpMyAdmin this evening. Unfortunately that 
   didn’t do much. I’ll rebuild I guess :/
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226900)
 * Yup, a reupgrade is all I can think of.
 *  Thread Starter [Darfuria](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darfuria/)
 * (@darfuria)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226933)
 * Alas I reinstalled in a new database and it resolved the issue. Very bizarre.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Darfuria](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darfuria/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-forgets-password/#post-1226933)
 * Status: not resolved

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