{"id":4213,"date":"2021-04-08T09:25:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2021-04-09T04:49:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T04:49:13","slug":"change-reset-your-wordpress-admin-password-using-softaculous-wordpress-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/change-reset-your-wordpress-admin-password-using-softaculous-wordpress-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Change\/Reset Your WordPress Admin Password using Softaculous WordPress Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Forgot your WordPress site admin pass? Don\u2019t have access to reset the password? No worries Softaculous is here for the rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step6.png 674w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step6-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now change your WordPress site admin password through <strong>Softaculous WordPress Manager<\/strong>. Yes, you read it right <em>it\u2019s a piece of cake<\/em> and you do not require any technical knowledge to do so. No editing your database and stuff, simply follow the below steps and it\u2019ll be done in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Login to your Control panel (e.g. cPanel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Look for the Softaculous icon and <em>Click <\/em>on that icon to go to the Softaculous page.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1157\" height=\"298\" class=\"wp-image-4186\" style=\"width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cp-3.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cp-3.png 1157w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cp-3-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cp-3-1024x264.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cp-3-768x198.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1157px) 100vw, 1157px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> On the <em>top-right icons section<\/em>, you can find the <strong>WordPress Manager <\/strong>icon. <em>Click <\/em>on this icon and the <strong>WordPress<\/strong> <strong>Manager <\/strong>wizard will appear.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"245\" class=\"wp-image-4187\" style=\"width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step2-m3-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step2-m3-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step2-m3-1-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step2-m3-1-1024x163.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step2-m3-1-768x123.png 768w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/step2-m3-1-1200x191.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Look for the installation in the below list for which you want to change your password.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1533\" height=\"603\" class=\"wp-image-4215\" style=\"width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step4.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step4.png 1533w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step4-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step4-1024x403.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step4-768x302.png 768w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step4-1200x472.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1533px) 100vw, 1533px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Once you locate your installation, <em>Click <\/em>on the <strong>Change Password<\/strong> button.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1488\" height=\"119\" class=\"wp-image-4216\" style=\"width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step5.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step5.png 1488w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step5-300x24.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step5-1024x82.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step5-768x61.png 768w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step5-1200x96.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1488px) 100vw, 1488px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>: You\u2019ll get a Change Password popup modal which would look something like below.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"351\" class=\"wp-image-4217\" style=\"width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step6.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step6.png 674w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step6-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 7<\/strong>: Fill in the username for which you want to change the password in the <strong>Username <\/strong>field. Now fill in the <strong>new password <\/strong>that you want to set in the <strong>Password <\/strong>field.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"430\" class=\"wp-image-4218\" style=\"width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step7.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step7.png 820w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step7-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step7-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 8<\/strong>: Once you are done with filling in the details, <em>Click <\/em>on the <strong>Save <\/strong>button. You will receive a success message on the <em>bottom-right corner<\/em> of the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"65\" class=\"wp-image-4227\" style=\"width: 50%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/step81.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That\u2019s it! <\/strong>You are all set with the new password. Go ahead and login with your new password to your WordPress admin site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For further information about Softaculous features, you can visit<a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/docs\/\"> https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/docs\/<\/a><\/li><li>Feel free to contact us at<a href=\"https:\/\/softaculous.deskuss.com\/\"> https:\/\/softaculous.deskuss.com\/<\/a> in case you need any assistance.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgot your WordPress site admin pass? Don\u2019t have access to reset the password? No worries Softaculous is here for the rescue. You can now change your WordPress site admin password through Softaculous WordPress Manager. Yes, you read it right it\u2019s a piece of cake and you do not require any technical knowledge to do so.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/change-reset-your-wordpress-admin-password-using-softaculous-wordpress-manager\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Change\/Reset Your WordPress Admin Password using Softaculous WordPress Manager<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[231,181,229,78,142,167,5],"class_list":["post-4213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","category-how-tos","tag-change-password","tag-cpanel","tag-manager","tag-password","tag-reset","tag-softaculous","tag-wordpress","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4213"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4230,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213\/revisions\/4230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}