If you lost admin password for your WordPress installation, don't panic. Just follow steps below.

Step-by-step guide

If you used Softaculous for WordPress installation, follow these simple steps.

  1. Login to your cPanel and go to Softaculous -> All Installations and click on the Edit Installation button next to the installation for which you want to reset the password.
  2. On the Edit Installation page fill in the following fields :
    Admin Username : This will be the username for which you want to reset the password.
    Admin Password : This will be the NEW password.

    After filling the above details click on the Save Installation Details button to reset the password.

  3. If the operation is successful, you will see the success message. That's all.


If you haven't used Softaculous for WordPress installation, you still can import it into Softaculous as described here.