{"id":269,"date":"2011-05-25T09:56:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T06:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2011-05-25T09:56:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T06:56:37","slug":"how-to-change-you-php-melody-admin-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/how-to-change-you-php-melody-admin-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change you PHP Melody admin password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Losing your PHP Melody admin password isn&#8217;t the end of the world. In this post we will help you overwrite your existing password in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Reasons why you might need this tutorial:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>forgot the darn password<\/li>\n<li>someone changed it\u00a0 and forgot to tell you<\/li>\n<li>retrieving the password via the &#8220;Forgot your password&#8221; page fails<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before you begin make sure you have the login details for your <em>cPanel,<\/em> <em>Plesk<\/em> or whatever your hosting provider offers as a hosting management console.<\/p>\n<p>Log into your cPanel\/Plesk account<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Find the phpMyAdmin link which will take you to your MySQL databases<\/li>\n<li>Select your PHP Melody MySQL database<\/li>\n<li>Select the &#8220;<em>pm_users<\/em>&#8221; table from all of PHP Melody&#8217;s tables<\/li>\n<li>Click on the top left &#8220;<em>Browse<\/em>&#8221; tab to see the contents of the &#8220;<em>pm_users<\/em>&#8221; table<\/li>\n<li>Go to the first listing (ID number 1), normally the &#8220;admin&#8221; account and click the edit button (the pencil)<\/li>\n<li>Once on the edit page for the admin account, type in your new desired password in plain text<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you select &#8220;<em>md5<\/em>&#8221; from the functions column (on the left of your password)<\/li>\n<li>Hit the &#8220;<em>Go<\/em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>Save<\/em>&#8221; button and try your new password by accessing your PHP Melody admin area.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Additionally, we have included some illustrations which should help you with this task.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-269 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/First.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/First-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Second.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phpsugar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Second-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Losing your PHP Melody admin password isn&#8217;t the end of the world. 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