How to Change WordPress Username and Password in cPanel?
WordPress is the most picked web application software that allows user to manage website content and improves the presentation of the website. It is so common that most of the websites we are using today is made with WordPress. The reason for this that WordPress provides more specific features that simplifies the work of developers. It also has various Plugins and Themes that can be used to improves the presentation and manage the website security and its data.
I always used to write articles that help you to resolve your queries at your own desk. So, for today I have chosen the topic how to change WordPress Username and Password in cPanel.
cPanel is the main management tool that allows user to conveniently manage website and its data. Whether you are using WordPress website or have coded it manually, cPanel has several features to manage the website and its data.
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In this article, I’m sharing the procedure with which you can change the username and password of WordPress even after installation. Let us go through the procedure in detail.
Before proceeding to do any changes, let me tell you that WordPress is totally based on database,i.e when a user install WordPress a database is created inside cPanel with specific name that has all the information related to WordPress website. So, to know the database name of your WordPress website, follow the given procedure.
- Login to cPanel and get inside File Manager section.
- From the file list, get inside the WordPress installation directory.
- Find wp-config.php file and right click over it.
- Then click over View to view the contents of the file.
- You will get the database name associated with your WordPress website.
The above given procedure helps you to get the database name associated with your WordPress website.
Now, let us proceed forward with the steps to change WordPress username and password in cPanel. Follow the below given procedure to do the same.
- Login to cPanel and get inside phpMyAdmin section.
- On the next page, list of all database will appear.
- From the left panel list, select the database associated with your WordPress website.
- List of all the tables will appear in the right panel.
- Select the table wp_users and proceed.
- On the next page, click over Edit given with the table.
- Enter the username and password in the user_login and user_pass section respectively.
- Select Function as MD5, as this will encrypt the password.
- Scroll down and click over GO to save the changes.
Hope the article better explains the procedure to change the username and password of WordPress in cPanel. To read more such articles related to WordPress, visit the blog at www.blog.redserverhost.com.
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