- Oct 24, 2011
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Hello all,
I made the mistake of beginning a wordpress website a few months ago, without documenting the wp login information.
Here's a simple guide for you guys and gals that may find yourself in the same situation I was recently in.
Fortunately for me, I know my way around my VPS. Others may not be so fortunate, so I'm here to even the playing field, so to speak.
I'm going to assume you know how to log into your cpanel / zpanel.
Simply login to your phpMyAdmin account, and find the database you used for your wordpress blog, on the left side.
Doubleclick it.
Look towards the bottom, on the left side, and you will see "wp_users".
Doubleclick it.
Now, in the middle section of your screen, you will see something that says, "user_login", and below it, will be your username.
To the right of that, will be your password, however, it will be in an encrypted MD5 format.
I could give you some long, drawn out methodology about rainbow tables, however, I'll save us both some time..
Open a different browser (this is for no other reason than paranoia)
Go to Google, and input the following:
decrypt md5
Now you will see a ton of results for websites that will allow you to decrypt md5 hashes.
Paste your MD5 hash from your phpMyAdmin account into the textbox.
Decrypt it to discover your password.
Go back to your other browser (paranoia, remember).
Login to your WP Admin Panel.
Done.
I made the mistake of beginning a wordpress website a few months ago, without documenting the wp login information.
Here's a simple guide for you guys and gals that may find yourself in the same situation I was recently in.
Fortunately for me, I know my way around my VPS. Others may not be so fortunate, so I'm here to even the playing field, so to speak.
I'm going to assume you know how to log into your cpanel / zpanel.
Simply login to your phpMyAdmin account, and find the database you used for your wordpress blog, on the left side.
Doubleclick it.
Look towards the bottom, on the left side, and you will see "wp_users".
Doubleclick it.
Now, in the middle section of your screen, you will see something that says, "user_login", and below it, will be your username.
To the right of that, will be your password, however, it will be in an encrypted MD5 format.
I could give you some long, drawn out methodology about rainbow tables, however, I'll save us both some time..
Open a different browser (this is for no other reason than paranoia)
Go to Google, and input the following:
decrypt md5
Now you will see a ton of results for websites that will allow you to decrypt md5 hashes.
Paste your MD5 hash from your phpMyAdmin account into the textbox.
Decrypt it to discover your password.
Go back to your other browser (paranoia, remember).
Login to your WP Admin Panel.
Done.
