Change my WordPress password

To change the back-office password of your WordPress space, you must first know the password of your MySQL database.

Recover MySQL password

1. Access to your customer area.
2. Click on the menu Lodging then Web Management.

3. Click on the button FTP ONLINE VIA DRINVIN FTP.

4.  Navigate to the WordPress FTP root until you find the file wp-config.php. Click on it to download it.

5. Open the file wp-config.php. The MySQL database access password will be displayed in the line DB_PASSWORD.

Change BackOffice password

Method 1 - Change the wp_users table

Here are the steps to change the Back-office password of your WordPress space.

1. Access to your customer area.
2. Click on the menu Lodging then Web Management.

3. In the section YOUR MYSQL DATABASES click on the icon of the column ACCESS.

4. Set the password to access your database. If you don't know this password, follow the above procedure.

5. Navigate to the table wp_users and click on it. Follow the link EDIT to change the BackOffice password.

6. In the field user_passselect MD5 in the column Function then enter your new password (in clear text) in the Value.

7. Click Sign In once again. Run down to save the changes.

Method 2 - Running a MySQL query

If you want to save time, and you have some knowledge of MySQL, here are some simpler steps to change the back-office password of your WordPress space.

1. Access to your customer area.
2. Click on the menu Lodging then Web Management.

3. In the section YOUR MYSQL DATABASES click on the icon of the column ACCESS.

4. Set the password to access your database. If you don't know this password, follow the above procedure.
5. Go to the section SQL of the PHPMyAdmin interface.
6. Run the following query replacing the values with your data. Try not to put a password that is easy to guess.
   

   UPDATE `wp_users` SET `user_pass`= MD5('the new password) WHERE `user_login`='the WordPress back-office username';

7. Click Sign In once again. Run down to save the changes.