Scenarios in which you need to change or reset your WordPress password

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There are several methods you can use to change or reset a password in WordPress, and many of them can be applied in more than one scenario.

So let's take a look at the scenarios where you might want or need to change your password, and identify the methods you can use for each.

1. Change WordPress password with account access
So you know your existing password, but you want to change it. Maybe an administrator gave you a new WordPress account and the password isn't strong enough or you can't remember it. Maybe you want to change your WordPress password because someone else has access to it.

Assuming you have access to your WordPress site, and you know denmark phone number data the existing password, you have two options to do this:

Use the My Profile screen in the WordPress admin to create a new password.
Log in to your site via WP-CLI and use a command to change the password.
I'll show you how to make each of these changes later in this post.

2. Change or reset WordPress password with email access
In the following scenario, you don't know the existing password but you have access to the email account you use for your WordPress user account. You'll need to reset the password since you don't know the old one, but it should be quick and easy.

Here are the options available to you:

Use the lost password link on the WordPress login screen.
Reset your cPanel password , if you used an auto-installer to install WordPress.
Reset your password in phpMyAdmin . If you're with Kinsta, reset your password in phpMyAdmin via the MyKinsta dashboard .
Use FTP to reset your password.
Use the Emergency Password Reset Script.
See the instructions to see how to use each of these methods.