Why doesnt the WordPress pssword recovery work for me?

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  • Kard63
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2003
    • 8944
    #1

    Why doesnt the WordPress pssword recovery work for me?

    This is lame... I think someone is playing a joke on me. My password doesnt work and the recovery tells me to check my email but I dont have any damn email. This is the newest version of WP. Any ideas?
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    • Machete_
      WINNING!
      • Oct 2002
      • 14579
      #2
      wait 15 minutes to make sure its not the mail that is stuck in a que somewhere. or someone hacked your WP and changed the email

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        • Kard63
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2003
          • 8944
          #3
          Originally posted by KrisH
          wait 15 minutes to make sure its not the mail that is stuck in a que somewhere. or someone hacked your WP and changed the email
          Thanks. If I was hacked and I ask my host to do a DB backup from a few days ago my old password will work, right?

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            • Agent 488
              Registered User
              • Feb 2006
              • 22511
              #4
              you might have been hacked.

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                • docputer
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jun 2006
                  • 1103
                  #5
                  any chance you used a different email address when you set up the blog?

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                    • fris
                      I have to go potty
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 55751
                      #6
                      if the email is not being sent, then sendmail isnt setup on your servr correctly since it uses sendmail to send the email
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                        • TheDA
                          Confirmed User
                          • May 2006
                          • 4665
                          #7
                          There's been exploits on WP over the past few days. People gaining access to thr admin. Maybe conected?
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                            • Machete_
                              WINNING!
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 14579
                              #8
                              there is a hard reset for the password, but I dont remember what it was. Check the wordpress forum for "hard password reset"

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                                • Machete_
                                  WINNING!
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 14579
                                  #9
                                  bottom line here http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

                                  if you use the "Using the Emergency Password Reset Script"

                                  MAKE SURE YOU change the password right after you log in
                                  Last edited by Machete_; 09-07-2009, 07:12 AM.

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                                    • semnate
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2008
                                      • 705
                                      #10
                                      i had a problem something like that.
                                      cant you go into sql php admin and change the name and password in the database?
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                                        • BSleazy
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 6721
                                          #11
                                          Ya go into phpmyadmin and change it there. A lot of people's blogs I've setup don't get the original login info emails or any password recovery mails. Sendmail issues like fris said is most likely.
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                                            • baddog
                                              So Fucking Banned
                                              • Apr 2001
                                              • 107089
                                              #12
                                              Hidden admin?

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                                                • fris
                                                  I have to go potty
                                                  • Aug 2002
                                                  • 55751
                                                  #13
                                                  upload emergency.php to your site and it will let you change it, but delete it after you're finished

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                                                    • Lace
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                      • 16116
                                                      #14
                                                      look up emergency.php for wordpress. upload it to your server and boom - done.
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                                                        • ~Ray
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                                                          • Jun 2003
                                                          • 18361
                                                          #15
                                                          re-upload the /admin/ folder and then click the... forgot password link.
                                                          Last edited by ~Ray; 09-07-2009, 08:28 PM.
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                                                            • Kard63
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Nov 2003
                                                              • 8944
                                                              #16
                                                              Thanks everyone!

                                                              Fris - do you search GFY daily for all wordpress threads or just mine? lol. thanks. Do you use a lot of the Yoast plugins?

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                                                                • Darkcrni
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Jun 2007
                                                                  • 1704
                                                                  #17
                                                                  You fix it?

                                                                  What was the problem?

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                                                                    • Kard63
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Nov 2003
                                                                      • 8944
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Darkcrni
                                                                      You fix it?

                                                                      What was the problem?
                                                                      Since you were all kind enough to help me I'll tell the truth. The problem was my dumb ass changed the password because I had a contractor tweak something and I didn't record the change...

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