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Insert new user administrator account into WordPress via the database
# Grabbed for reference from http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-an-admin-user-to-the-wordpress-database-via-mysql/
# Check the table prefix
# Check the user_id to make sure it is the next in sequence
# Replace my name and email to your own
# Username will be demo and the password will be 1234
INSERT INTO `wp_users` (`ID`, `user_login`, `user_pass`, `user_nicename`, `user_email`, `user_url`, `user_registered`, `user_activation_key`, `user_status`, `display_name`) VALUES ('4', 'mgarrett', MD5('1234'), 'Mike Garrett', 'test@yourdomain.com', '', '2011-06-07 00:00:00', '', '0', 'Mike Garrett');
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`) VALUES (NULL, '4', 'wp_capabilities', 'a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}');
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`) VALUES (NULL, '4', 'wp_user_level', '10');
# Troubleshooting
# Q) Are you getting a permission error when attempting to log in?
# A) Make sure your table prefix is mirrored in the meta key prefix. These should match.
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