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How to Reset WordPress Admin Password via MySQL Command Prompt

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Feb 1, 2018

Have you ever forgotten your WordPress administrator password and did not have access to your e-mail account or haven’t configured your e-mail account properly in WordPress? Fear not, because in today’s tutorial we are going to learn how to reset the WordPress administrator password through the MySQL command prompt. Resetting WordPress Admin Password via MySQL Command Prompt, its fairly easy task, you will need to have the login credentials of your database and user, or have access to wp-config.php file. Let’s get started!

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