How to reset a WordPress password

If you don’t have access to a wordpress account, your best bet might be to reset the password through the database.

Open the database in adminer or phpmyadmin, and browse to the users-table. It should have a prefix, for example “wp_”, so it’s full name should be something like wp_users.

Find the row with the user you would like to reset the password for. Edit the row, and change the user_pass field to the password you would like.

Before applying the change, make sure “md5” is selected in the function on the cell in adminer or phpmyadmin.

When the change is applied, you should be able to log in with the new password.