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Resetting your Managed WordPress administrator password in Plesk

Learn how to reset your WordPress administrator password on your Plesk-based Managed WordPress Hosting account.

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This article describes how to reset the administrator password on a Plesk-based Managed WordPress account.

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Important

The information in this article applies to older Plesk-based Managed WordPress hosting accounts. For information about Managed WordPress powered by Rocket.net hosting plans, go to Managed hosting for WordPress powered by Rocket.net.

Resetting the administrator password

To reset the administrator password, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Plesk.

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    Note

    If you do not know how to log in to your Plesk account, please see this article.

  2. In the left sidebar, click WordPress. A list of WordPress installations on your site appears.

  3. Click the name of the WordPress installation for which you want to reset the password.

  4. Under Access Info, click [change login settings]. The Login Settings page appears.

  5. To display the current password, next to Current password, click Show.

  6. To reset the current password, click [change]:

  • In the New password and Confirm password text boxes, type the new password.

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    Tip

    Alternatively, you can click Generate and Plesk generates a random, strong password for you.

  1. Click OK.

More information

For more information about Plesk, please visit https://www.plesk.com.

Updated about 1 hour ago