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wordpress forgot username

Placebo · 2008-06-15 23:23:53

hey quick question, to login as admin in your blog, i take it link is cp/wp-config or something similar im working for a company and they have forgotten the username and the password, i understand that i can get password by checking tables in the database, but how can i get the username? is it 'admin' not sure if they have…

15-06-2008 11:23pm

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Placebo

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hey quick question,
to login as admin in your blog, i take it link is cp/wp-config or something similar

im working for a company and they have forgotten
the username and the password, i understand that i can get password by checking tables in the database, but how can i get the username? is it 'admin'

not sure if they have the hosting details either for me to access php myadmin,
any way i can connect to an sql server ? do i have to get mysql ?

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#2 16-06-2008 11:56am

Placebo

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ok i connected via mysql
and updated the password

thanks

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