The Agony of the Lost WordPress Password
Recently, two different clients lost their WordPress password. One couldn’t find the log in password for her WordPress blog. Since she is always logged in, she didn’t use it regularly and mislaid the original copy. The other had set up a test WordPress blog on their server ages ago for handling upgrades and conversions, and now wanted to upgrade to WordPress 2.7 to prepare his Theme for the new version, misplacing his password, too. Then I had a computer glitch the same week during a WordPress install and the password step was somehow bypassed, locking me out of the new WordPress install.
For whatever reasons, all three of us couldn’t get the password to work that was emailed to us by WordPress. Without access to the WordPress Administration Panels where we can change our passwords, we’re left hunting for other methods.
Please, do not contact WordPress for help recovering your password on self-hosted WordPress blogs. You can ask for help in the WordPress Support Forums and they will give you the following advice.
If you have lost your password with your WordPress.com blog, click the link on your login to have the password mailed to you directly, or contact WordPress.com support.
While there are many ways of resolving this issue, two tools are life savers for lost passwords if you are caught in this same situation.
Complete articles : http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/the-agony-of-the-lost-wordpress-password/
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