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To create an admin user without database access you can use this code.

to use

create a file containing the code e.g. tempadmin.php

change the values of username, password and email

upload to wp-content/mu-plugins directory

delete the file after you are in

tempadmin.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Temp Admin Creation
Plugin URI: https://fullworks.net/
Description: This plugin will create a temp admin user called tempadmin
Author: Alan 
*/

// create a temp admin user using php
add_action( 'init', function () {
	$username      = 'tempadmin';
	$password      = 'temppassword';
	$email_address = 'changethis@example.com';
	if ( ! username_exists( $username ) ) {
		$user_id = wp_create_user( $username, $password, $email_address );
		$user = new WP_User( $user_id );
		$user->set_role( 'administrator' );
	}
} );