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Created March 15, 2016 17:33
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Create New Admin User if you forgot username and password of admin user. You need to have cpanel / FTP access of your site.
<?php
/*
* Create Admin User
*/
$wp_password = 'PASSWORD'; #enter your desired password here, if you don't line 16 makes sure nothing bad happens like setting you actual password to 'PASSWORD'
$wp_username = 'new-admin';
$wp_email = 'email@domain.com';
if ( $wp_password === 'PASSWORD' )
die;
require_once('wp-blog-header.php');
if ( !username_exists($wp_username) && !email_exists($wp_email) ) {
$user_id = wp_create_user( $wp_username, $wp_password, $wp_email);
if ( is_int($user_id) ) {
$wp_user_object = new WP_User($user_id);
$wp_user_object->set_role('administrator');
echo 'Success!';
} else {
echo 'Error with wp_insert_user. No users were created.';
}
} else {
echo 'This user or email already exists. Nothing was done.';
}
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