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Create a WordPress admin user by placing this script in root folder and then visiting it in browser
<?php
// ADD NEW ADMIN USER TO WORDPRESS
// ----------------------------------
// Put this file in your Wordpress root directory and run it from your browser.
// Delete it when you're done.
require_once('wp-blog-header.php');
require_once('wp-includes/registration.php');
// CONFIG
$newusername = 'NEWUSER';
$newpassword = 't4NFDSIU&t4NFDSIU&';
$newemail = 'test@test.com';
// Make sure you set CONFIG variables
if ( $newpassword != 'YOURPASSWORD' && $newemail != 'YOUREMAIL@TEST.com' && $newusername !='YOURUSERNAME' )
{
// Check that user doesn't already exist
if ( !username_exists($newusername) && !email_exists($newemail) )
{
// Create user and set role to administrator
$user_id = wp_create_user( $newusername, $newpassword, $newemail);
if ( is_int($user_id) )
{
$wp_user_object = new WP_User($user_id);
$wp_user_object->set_role('administrator');
echo 'Successfully created new admin user. Now delete this file!';
}
else {
echo 'Error with wp_insert_user. No users were created.';
}
}
else {
echo 'This user or email already exists. Nothing was done.';
}
}
else {
echo "Whoops, looks like you didn't set a password, username, or email before running the script. Set these variables and try again.";
}
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