{"id":15760,"date":"2020-11-11T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/?p=15760"},"modified":"2020-11-11T00:44:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T23:44:40","slug":"wordpress-reset-admin-password-localhost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wordpress-reset-admin-password-localhost\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset WordPress Admin Password on Localhost"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The term localhost indicates a local server, usually set up on your computer. WordPress website creators often opt for installing WordPress in a localhost environment as it offers various benefits. Those benefits include safely testing new plugins and themes, making sure the latest updates and newly created code won\u2019t cause errors, learning about WordPress, and many more. Experienced WordPress users can even create a website in a localhost environment and then migrate it to a live server. To install WordPress on localhost, you can use the XAMPP<\/a>, MAMP<\/a>, or WAMP<\/a> applications.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]However, while working in the localhost, users sometimes forget their admin password which makes them unable to access the WordPress dashboard. Forgetting or losing a password can happen to anyone; and it happens often with localhost if you visit your website there infrequently. However, the trouble arises when the usual way of resetting an admin password\u2014password reset email\u2014isn\u2019t applicable. Precisely this is the case with the localhost. And that means users need to find an alternative way to reset their WordPress admin password. Luckily, we made a comprehensive guide explaining how to reset your WordPress admin password on localhost.
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How to reset a WordPress admin password on localhost<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In this section, we will show you three different methods of resetting the WordPress admin password. Even though this article is intended for changing WordPress passwords while in the localhost, the methods described below can be applied to live WordPress websites as well.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]If you are trying to reset the password for a live website, you should first try using the Lost your password?<\/em> link from the login screen. This will take you through resetting the password via email method.<\/strong> If that doesn\u2019t work, you can try one of the approaches described below. And, if you don\u2019t feel comfortable implementing these methods, try finding professional help to do it for you. With that being said, let us see the three ways you can use to reset your WordPress admin password on localhost.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”72px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

How to reset a WordPress password from phpMyAdmin<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]PhpMyAdmin<\/a> is a popular, free, and open-source database administration tool for MySQL and MariaDB. All data belonging to a WordPress website, including passwords, is stored in appropriate tables within a given MySQL database.<\/strong> This means the fastest way of resetting the password is by directly changing its value in the database. We will show you two ways of doing so below.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”22px”]