{"id":278,"date":"2024-08-26T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/?p=278"},"modified":"2024-08-26T00:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:00:23","slug":"change-wordpress-admin-password-softaculous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/change-wordpress-admin-password-softaculous\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset\/Change WordPress admin Password Through the Softaculous Apps installer &#8211; Ultimate guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Change WordPress admin password \u2013 Everyone needs to reset one of their passwords from time to time. WordPress makes it easy to change your password if needed, but to do that, you\u2019ll need to have access to the email you used when you created your site. If you don\u2019t, there is another option to change it via  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.softaculous.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Softaculous Apps installer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"steps-to-change-word-press-admin-password-through-the-softaculous-apps-installer\">Steps to Change WordPress admin Password Through the Softaculous Apps installer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to change the password for your WordPress admin user, follow next steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Log into\u00a0<strong>cPanel<\/strong>\u00a0provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/\">hosting provider<\/a> and navigate to\u00a0<strong>Softaculous Apps Installer<\/strong>\u00a0menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.webhostingchennai.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-21-095542.png?resize=995%2C210\" alt=\"Change WordPress admin\" class=\"wp-image-1818\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;In the Softaculous interface find&nbsp;<strong>All Installations<\/strong>&nbsp;icon in the top right corner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/Namecheap.simplekb.com\/SiteContents\/2-7C22D5236A4543EB827F3BD8936E153E\/media\/wp_pass_2.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>&nbsp;In this menu you will see&nbsp;<strong>Scripts Installations<\/strong>&nbsp;list. Select the one you need to change the admin password for and click on&nbsp;<strong>Edit Details<\/strong>&nbsp;(pencil icon) next to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/Namecheap.simplekb.com\/SiteContents\/2-7C22D5236A4543EB827F3BD8936E153E\/media\/wp_pass_3.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>&nbsp;Next you will see installation details page. Scroll down to&nbsp;<strong>Admin Account<\/strong>&nbsp;section. Here you need to enter your current username and the new password in&nbsp;<strong>Admin Password<\/strong>&nbsp;field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/Namecheap.simplekb.com\/SiteContents\/2-7C22D5236A4543EB827F3BD8936E153E\/media\/wp_pass_4.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 5: Once done, scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit&nbsp;<strong>Save installation details<\/strong>&nbsp;button:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/Namecheap.simplekb.com\/SiteContents\/2-7C22D5236A4543EB827F3BD8936E153E\/media\/wp_pass_6.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. After that you will receive the message about the successful update:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/Namecheap.simplekb.com\/SiteContents\/2-7C22D5236A4543EB827F3BD8936E153E\/media\/wp_pass_5.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to log in to WordPress admin panel using the new password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#steps-to-change-word-press-admin-password-through-the-softaculous-apps-installer\">Steps to Change WordPress admin Password Through the Softaculous Apps installer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change WordPress admin password \u2013 Everyone needs to reset one of their passwords from time to time. WordPress makes it easy to change your password if needed, but to do that, you\u2019ll need to have access to the email you used when you created your site. If you don\u2019t, there is another option to change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestresellerhosting.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}