By Charles Joseph | Cybersecurity Researcher

 Published on December 26th, 2023

In WordPress, user passwords are stored in a database table named “wp_users.” This table contains 10 fields, each holding different types of user information. These fields are:

• ID
• user_login
• user_pass
• user_nicename
• user_email
• user_url
• user_registered
• user_activation_key
• user_status
• display_name

To reset a user’s password, you’ll need to use a specific command in MySQL that updates the password for a chosen user.

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When using this command, replace <username> with the actual username of the account you want to reset.

Also, if your WordPress installation uses a table prefix different from the default “wp_” make sure to replace “wp_” with your custom prefix.

Here’s the command:

mysql> UPDATE ‘wp_users’ SET ‘user_pass’ = MD5( ‘new_password’ ) WHERE ‘wp_users’.’user_login’ = “<username>”;

This command changes the password for the specified user to ‘new_password.’

Remember to replace ‘new_password’ with the actual password you want to set.