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Create a WordPress admin user by placing this script in root folder and then visiting it in browser
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<?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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