Change your WordPress password with WP-CLI
If you installed WP-CLI on your server to manage your WordPress site, then you can follow these steps to update your password. If you have not setup WP-CLI, then you will need to do so before using these steps.
- You should always backup your site before performing any changes.
- Connect to your server or shared hosting account with SSH
- Change to the root directory for your WordPress site.
- Use the following command to view a list of users for your WordPress site. Make note of the ID number for the user you want to update.
$ wp user list - Use the following command to update the password for that user.
$ wp user update id --user_pass=password- id is the number you located in Step 4
- password is your new password
You can now login with your new password
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