How to Change Your Password in WordPress?: Are you looking for steps to change your WordPress password? Sometimes we need to change our password due to security reasons.
As we know there is a lost password/forget password link on the login page that enables you to reset your password. Sometimes password reset email never makes it in inbox because your hosting provider has not configured it properly.
Many times WordPress users are forced to change their password periodically due to security reasons. Today in this post we will show you the different ways to change WordPress passwords.
Before change your WordPress password:-
We can’t emphasize that passwords are the first thing of defense against hacking attempts and other security reasons.
A high number of times users will end up using a weak password because it is easy to remember. Instead of doing that to remember your password you can make use of free and secure password managers.
Sometimes it may be fascinating to share WordPress password with team members or contract developers. Never do that, Instead you can create a new user account with user role so you can easily manage permissions.
In this way you can delete the account of candidates who are no longer available in your team without changing main password.
How to Change Your Password in WordPress?
This is the easiest way to change WordPress password. Initially you need to login your WordPress website . Once you logged in, navigate to Users>> Your Profile from WordPress menu.
On profile page, scroll down to Account management section, here you will see new password option. Go forward and click on “Generate Password” to add new password.
WordPress will auto generate new strong password for you. You can continue with this password or change it with your own. After that, click on “Update profile” button to save new password.
Once done, you will see a notification of profile updated on top. Also WordPress will send you a mail in inbox for password change notification.
How to Reset Your WordPress Password When Locked Out?
The Above method allows you to change password when you have access to WordPress dashboard. But what if you have lost your password and can’t login?
There is a very easy way to recover your lost WordPress password. Simply go to login page and click on the “Lost your password” link. Upon click it will navigate you to password reset page. Either you have to enter username or email address to reset password on your account.
Once done, you will receive a password reset link to email associated with that user account.
How to change the WordPress password from database?
The “Lost password” way is beginner friendly but sometimes you would not be able to use that method if you don’t have access to associated email address or if your WordPress site falls to send email.
If that situation occurs, then you need to change your password directly from database. The easiest way to do this is using phpMyadmin.
Initially login your WordPress hosting account’s control panel. After that, Click on phpMyadmin option under database section. After launching phpMyAdmin app, you will see list of databases. You need to select database associated with your website.
You will see tables list in database. You need to look for wp_users table in tables list and click on Browse link next to it. This will display users list in your WordPress site. In this page, Click on edit link next to your user name.
You need to delete user_pass field and replace it with new password. Under the function column, choose MD5 from drop-down menu and click on go. That’s all, your user password is changed successfully.
How to force change WordPress password for all users?
If your website is hacked or your company has certain data compliance regulations then you require forcing change password for all users.
This can easily be done through password expiration plugin.