Restablecer la contraseña de WordPress suele ser un proceso sencillo. Sin embargo, a veces los métodos estándar no funcionan y te dejan fuera de tu sitio web.
Algunos de nuestros lectores se han encontrado con este problema y nos han pedido consejo acerca de la mejor manera de acceder a sus cuentas. Por suerte, siempre puedes utilizar la herramienta phpMyAdmin del panel de control de tu cuenta de alojamiento para restablecer directamente tu contraseña desde la base de datos de WordPress.
En este artículo, te mostraremos cómo restablecer fácilmente una contraseña de WordPress desde phpMyAdmin. Explicaremos cada paso de forma clara, asegurándonos de que incluso si no estás familiarizado con las bases de datos, puedas seguir el proceso con seguridad.
¿Por qué restablecer una contraseña de WordPress desde phpMyAdmin?
WordPress hace que sea muy fácil recuperar una contraseña perdida.
Sólo tiene que ir a la pantalla de acceso de su sitio web de WordPress y hacer clic en el enlace “¿Ha perdido su contraseña?”.
Al hacer clic en el enlace, accederá a la página de restablecimiento de contraseña. Una vez que introduzca su nombre de usuario o dirección de correo electrónico, WordPress le enviará un enlace para restablecer la contraseña a la dirección de correo electrónico asociada.
Sin embargo, si no tiene acceso a esa dirección de correo electrónico o su sitio de WordPress no envía ningún correo electrónico, no podrá restablecer su contraseña.
En tal situación, tendrá que restablecer su contraseña de WordPress directamente en la base de datos. La forma más sencilla de hacerlo es utilizando phpMyAdmin.
Dicho esto, veamos cómo restablecer fácilmente una contraseña de WordPress desde phpMyAdmin.
Cómo restablecer una contraseña de WordPress desde phpMyAdmin
Si no desea ver el tutorial en vídeo, puede seguir leyendo la versión en texto que figura a continuación.
En primer lugar, debe acceder al Escritorio de WordPress de su cuenta de alojamiento. A continuación, debe navegar hasta la sección Bases de datos, donde puede hacer clic en el icono phpMyAdmin.
Esto iniciará la aplicación phpMyAdmin.
Aquí debe seleccionar su base de datos de WordPress en el panel izquierdo.
Ahora verá el anuncio / catálogo / ficha en su base de datos de WordPress.
Debe buscar la tabla wp_users en esta lista y hacer clic en el enlace “Examinar” situado a su lado.
Nota: Los nombres de tabla en su base de datos de WordPress pueden tener un prefijo diferente al que mostramos en nuestra captura de pantalla. Cambiar los prefijos de las tablas puede mejorar la seguridad de tu sitio WordPress.
Ahora verá las filas de su tabla de usuarios de WordPress. Siga adelante y haga clic en el botón de edición al lado del nombre de usuario cuya contraseña desea cambiar.
PhpMyAdmin le mostrará un formulario con todos los campos de información del usuario.
Deberá borrar el valor del campo user_pass y sustituirlo por su nueva contraseña. En la columna de función, seleccione MD5 en el menú desplegable y, a continuación, haga clic en el botón Ir situado en la parte inferior del formulario.
Su contraseña se cifrará utilizando el hash MD5 y luego se almacenará en la base de datos.
¡Enhorabuena! Has cambiado correctamente tu contraseña de WordPress usando phpMyAdmin.
Algunos de ustedes se preguntarán por qué hemos seleccionado el hash MD5 para cifrar la contraseña. Anteriormente WordPress utilizaba el hash MD5 para cifrar las contraseñas, pero desde WordPress 2.5 utiliza tecnologías de cifrado más potentes.
Sin embargo, WordPress sigue reconociendo MD5 para proporcionar compatibilidad con versiones anteriores. Tan pronto como acceda usando una cadena de contraseña almacenada como un hash MD5, WordPress la cambiará automáticamente para usar los algoritmos de cifrado más recientes.
Guías de expertos sobre contraseñas en WordPress
Ahora que ya sabes cómo restablecer una contraseña de WordPress desde phpMyAdmin, quizás quieras ver otros artículos relacionados con las contraseñas en WordPress.
- Cómo cambiar la contraseña en WordPress (Guía para principiantes)
- Cómo restablecer las contraseñas de todos los usuarios en WordPress
- Cómo personalizar la página de restablecer contraseña de WordPress
- Cómo forzar a los usuarios a cambiar sus contraseñas en WordPress – Caducar contraseña
- ¿Ha olvidado su contraseña? Cómo recuperar una contraseña perdida en WordPress
- Cómo forzar contraseñas seguras a los usuarios en WordPress
- Cómo añadir la autenticación de dos factores en WordPress (método gratuito)
- Cómo permitir a los usuarios ocultar / mostrar contraseñas en la pantalla de acceso de WordPress
- Cómo gestionar contraseñas de forma fácil y segura (Guía para principiantes)
Esperamos que este tutorial te haya ayudado a aprender cómo restablecer una contraseña de WordPress desde phpMyAdmin. Puede que también quieras ver nuestra guía de seguridad de WordPress paso a paso para mantener tu sitio WordPress seguro o nuestra selección de plugins imprescindibles.
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Prescott Chartier
I’ve tried this several times and each time it still says the password is incorrect, and yes I have the correct database.
WPBeginner Support
The next thing to check would be that the MD5 action is properly going through in your database or if it gives you an error.
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Moinuddin Waheed
Changing password by clicking lost or forget password and then getting an email is an easy step.
Using phpmyadmin for changing password is a bit developer oriented.
I have used while developing sites from local host by flywheel but I fear doing for the live server.
Do we have the same encryption after changing password as it was before or it is simply the hard coded text that we typed in as password?
WPBeginner Support
If you are using the phpMyAdmin method you would want to put in your password normally and in the function dropdown you would set it to MD5 to have the password be the text you placed in the field.
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Laxman
Thank You very much…
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Branson
Hi,
I have just tried to reset my password with the MD5 method you suggested, but it didn’t work. I tried like 5 times and every time I tried to login into my website it would say incorrect password. What’s wrong?
Thanks in advance.
WPBeginner Support
If you have more than one WordPress installation on your hosting provider, ensure you are editing the correct database and ensure you apply the changes in the database for the most common reasons.
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Stem
Hello,
I tried to reset my password using this method, but it’s showing this error “Error: The username user is not registered on this site. If you are unsure of your username, try your email address instead.”
WPBeginner Support
That would normally mean your username is not on the site, you would want to ensure are logging in with the correct username or email address. The steps in this article should not affect your username or email.
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Brett
MD5 pushed it through. Thank you!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome! Glad our guide was helpful
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blossominglotus
This method is not working for me. I even tried updating the password using raw SQL. It does change the password but I still cannot log in with the new password.
WPBeginner Support
If this method is not working then we would recommend reaching out to your hosting provider and/or checking that you are editing the correct database on your hosting provider if you have more than one database.
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Guillaume Frasca
Hi, I followed your advice, but when I click on Go, I have the #1142 error message “UPDATE command denied to user ‘scienceisa431’@’@XX.XX.XX.X’ for table ‘mod597_users’
Is there a way around this?
WPBeginner Support
Your user may not have proper access on your hosting environment, if you reach out to your hosting provider they should be able to assist!
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James Wallis
Saved my skin with this–thank you so much.
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Glad our guide was helpful!
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Joseph
Thanks for the good job
I was able to locate and change my WordPress details with this tutorial
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Glad our guide could help!
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Randy
I tried this and I got a white screen on my website. Please help
WPBeginner Support
Changing your password shouldn’t cause that specific issue, there is a good chance a plugin may have had a conflict. You would want to follow our guide below for how to fix the white screen error:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-wordpress-white-screen-of-death/
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Syed Waris
Thank you so much.
The article was very helpful for me.
WPBeginner Support
Glad our guide was helpful!
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NS
Thanks! The “MD5” encryption step is what I was missing when I tried to reset. Then I came across your article and tried it and it worked! You just saved me hours and hours of time and a potentially angry client.
aisha
I tried this but didn’t work. Need help
WPBeginner Support
If your changes are not staying, you would likely want to check with your hosting provider to ensure you’re not running into a security tool blocking your change. Another common issue would be if you have a staging site or an old database for a previous site so you would want to ensure you are changing the information for your correct site.
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Altuğ G.
This didn’t work for me
WPBeginner Support
It would depend on what part didn’t work. The most common reasons would be if you did not save your changes or did not convert to MD5
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Pakodev
Thanks! It worked.
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Glad our guide was able to help
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Arsène
It worked, thank you very much
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Glad our guide could help
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Aikya Dasgupta
Thank you very much. This worked for me and I am now able to access my WordPress dashboard.
WPBeginner Support
Glad our guide was helpful
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John
Perfect – saved me from a big issue.. thanks! Now, about getting those WP system emails working again…………….!
WPBeginner Support
If you’re not receiving the emails, we would recommend setting up SMTP on your site:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-send-email-in-wordpress-using-the-gmail-smtp-server/
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Tayyab Shafique
it was really helpful.
Thanks
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You’re welcome
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Saad
thanks a lot for saving my day …
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You’re welcome
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Anita
Thank you, this saved me a headache
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Glad our guide was helpful
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Elias
You’re a genius. Thank you
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You’re welcome
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jackie
REALLY helpful. I’ve been struggling for weeks and now i can finally log in again! thanks a lot!
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You’re welcome, glad our guide was helpful
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Robin B
So, so helpful. Thanks so much!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Chidi Ejikeugwu
why did you recommend to use MD5 when changing password?
WPBeginner Support
That is what WordPress uses for passwords by default
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japsimran singh
Thank You Buddy.
It really helped.
WPBeginner Support
Glad our article could help
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banson
Thank you problem Solved
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Glad our guide was helpful
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Nthtuko Mbhele
Thank you so much, thank you, thank you
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, glad our guide was helpful
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Premier
Thank you! Solved my problem!
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Glad our guide was able to help
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Yann
Worked wonders, thanks!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, glad our guide was able to help
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Marco
thank you!!!!!!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Anand
Did not work for me.
WPBeginner Support
You may want to ensure you set the password to MD5 and that you are editing the correct user file if you have multiple WordPress sites or users
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Pranoy
very very thank you
big headache solved
WPBeginner Support
Glad our guide could be helpful
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Urs Keller
You did super great job. I could reset my pw. Thank you!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, glad we could help
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Taylor
I have followed these steps and the password was generated however, whenever I put in the password it still says it is incorrect.
Any help you can provide ?
WPBeginner Support
You would want to double-check that you encrypted the password using MD5 as the most common reason
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Cattel
Direct explanation! Thanks!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Hazel Pan
Thank you for this noob-friendly guide! I was able to understand how to fix my issue right away. It also helped that I had awesome support from my hosting provider, Namecheap.
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Glad our guide could be helpful
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Terry
Thank you so much for this article, it helped.
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Glad our article was helpful
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Umar Gondal
May Allah bless you with eman. This article helped me to reset password of my website. Very informative article
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Glad our article could be helpful
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Ajit Kumar
The email could not be sent. Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.
error shows
WPBeginner Support
If you have that error on your site, you would want to start by reaching out to your hosting provider.
Administrador
George
Great article, I can see how this “can” work, but didn’t work for us either!!!!! We have access to the registrar, access to the domain and web hosting, full access to file manager, phpMyAdmin and the Installatron.
Followed your instructions to the T, didn’t work. We even changed the email in the email field. Its like the script didn’t update.
WPBeginner Support
If this method didn’t work then you likely need to reach out to your hosting provider and your host should be able to assist in fixing this issue.
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Donny
Really helpful, thanks a lot.
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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zorax
Thank you, it was really helpful!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Van
This didn’t work for me. I’ve tried changing my password via my profile in WP Admin and using this technique; neither worked. WordPress 5 bug?
WPBeginner Support
You may want to clear your cache on your site and browser and check with your hosting provider that they are not preventing changes to your site’s database.
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Ammar Falak
It didn’t work for us. I am still locked out of my WordPress Account. Please help!
WPBeginner Support
If this method does not work, if you reach out to your hosting provider they should be able to help you log back into your site.
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Sanyukta Khot
Thank you for a very useful article! Saved me a lot of time!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Dee
Awesome!! Thanks so much for the valuable information.
Please continue to help us newbies…
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Glad our articles are helpful
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lordhunos
Wow, it works! You made my day! Thank you very much!
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Glad our article could help
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Boitumelo
This was very very helpful.
Thank you very much
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Glad it was helpful
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