Why doesnt the WordPress pssword recovery work for me? - GoFuckYourself.com

Kard63 · 09-07-2009, 07:32 AM

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?

Machete_ · 09-07-2009, 07:35 AM

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

Kard63 · 09-07-2009, 07:38 AM

Quote:

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?

Agent 488 · 09-07-2009, 07:44 AM

you might have been hacked.

docputer · 09-07-2009, 07:45 AM

any chance you used a different email address when you set up the blog?

fris · 09-07-2009, 08:02 AM

if the email is not being sent, then sendmail isnt setup on your servr correctly since it uses sendmail to send the email

TheDA · 09-07-2009, 08:08 AM

There's been exploits on WP over the past few days. People gaining access to thr admin. Maybe conected?

Machete_ · 09-07-2009, 08:10 AM

there is a hard reset for the password, but I dont remember what it was. Check the wordpress forum for "hard password reset"

Machete_ · 09-07-2009, 08:11 AM

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

semnate · 09-07-2009, 04:57 PM

i had a problem something like that.
cant you go into sql php admin and change the name and password in the database?

BSleazy · 09-07-2009, 05:33 PM

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.

baddog · 09-07-2009, 06:04 PM

Hidden admin?

fris · 09-07-2009, 07:01 PM

upload emergency.php to your site and it will let you change it, but delete it after you're finished

http://www.village-idiot.org/archive...word-recovery/

Lace · 09-07-2009, 07:03 PM

look up emergency.php for wordpress. upload it to your server and boom - done.

~Ray · 09-07-2009, 09:27 PM

re-upload the /admin/ folder and then click the... forgot password link.

Kard63 · 09-09-2009, 01:29 PM

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?

Darkcrni · 09-09-2009, 01:55 PM

You fix it?

What was the problem?

Kard63 · 09-10-2009, 03:01 PM

Quote:

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...

09-07-2009, 07:32 AM	#1
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Machete_ WINNING! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,579	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 at 08:12 AM..

09-07-2009, 05:33 PM	#11
BSleazy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 6,721	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. __________________ icq 156131086

09-07-2009, 07:01 PM	#13
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,359	upload emergency.php to your site and it will let you change it, but delete it after you're finished http://www.village-idiot.org/archive...word-recovery/ __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

09-07-2009, 07:35 AM	#2
Machete_ WINNING! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,579	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

09-07-2009, 07:44 AM	#4
Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	you might have been hacked.

09-07-2009, 07:45 AM	#5
docputer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,103	any chance you used a different email address when you set up the blog?

09-07-2009, 08:08 AM	#7
TheDA Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,665	There's been exploits on WP over the past few days. People gaining access to thr admin. Maybe conected?

09-07-2009, 08:10 AM	#8
Machete_ WINNING! Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14,579	there is a hard reset for the password, but I dont remember what it was. Check the wordpress forum for "hard password reset"

09-07-2009, 04:57 PM	#10
semnate Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 685	i had a problem something like that. cant you go into sql php admin and change the name and password in the database?

09-07-2009, 06:04 PM	#12
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09-09-2009, 01:55 PM	#17
Darkcrni Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Right Around The Corner Posts: 1,704	You fix it? What was the problem?