How to change your password in WordPress

I recently had a few customers mention that they would like to know how to change their WordPress password. . .

let me show you how.

1

Open your WordPress dashboard.  ( yoururl/wp-admin )

2

Once you are in your WordPress dashboard on the left-hand side in your WordPress options scroll to the bottom to the Users option.

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3

Once you click on the Users option you will see a list of users:

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4

Click on a user and navigate to the Account Management section and clickBe on the generate password.

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There you go!

One comment

  1. Stephanie, it’s great that you shared these instructions! Besides knowing how to change the password, WP newbies should also change it very often for their personal and site’s protection!

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