an easy way to reset wordpress admin password via FTP
follow this steps:
1 – Login to your site via FTP
2 – download your active theme’s functions.php file
3 – Edit the file and add this code to it, after the first <?php:
|
1 |
wp_set_password( 'password', 1 ); |
“1” is the user ID number in the wp_users table, and ‘password’ is your new password
4 – save and Upload the file back to your site.
5 – load your website via browser then go back to the file and remove the line that you added