Log into phpMyAdmin and click on your databases.
- A list tables will appear. Click your wp_users table.
- Click on Edit admin user
- Next to the user_pass is a list of numbers and letters.
- Select and delete these ones and create your new password.
- Input the password you want to use. Just create it in normally, but remember, it is case-sensitive.
- In this example, the new password will be ‘demo’
- Once you have done that, click on the dropdown menu indicated, and select MD5 in the menu.
- Check whether your password is actually correct, and that MD5 is in the box.
- Click on ‘Go’ button to the bottom right.
- Test the new password on the login screen. If it doesn’t work, make sure that you’ve followed these instructions exactly.