User name not recognized at login

The user name is always admin.
(Although I am confused what kind of WordPress homepage do you want to login…0
To reset your pw: https://www.village-idiot.org/fixpass

I am trying to log in at https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php
I am not trying to reset my password. I know how to do that from the AdminPhP in my cPanel. That same spot does show my user log in name which was not set up as admin but instead another name which I have logged in before with. As of yesterday it would not let me log in with that username and am at a loss.

I guess I need to know how to reset the username. I tried in the AdminPhP but could not figure it out.

Thanks!

why would you think that what you do in your own phpmyadmin would affect a login at wordpress.com?

wordpress.com isnt your domain.

so now im sure youve confused everyone.

a login at wordpress.com has NOTHING to do with what you see in your own database.

I found the information in this forum and went to the tutorial at https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/

It shows you how to use your cPanel login and find your user name and password. I followed the instructions and found the user name, which is also the one I have written down as well as what was e-mailed to me.

So, no, I’m not trying to confuse everyone, I just followed what was in several different posts on this forum before I posted to try and find the answer.

Now I’m confused and bummed because I really wanted to get his up and running.

I also tried putting in my e-mail address for lost password and I get a message saying that the e-mail is not registered.

How could this be when as you can see I have already posted to the site?

Again, sorry for the confusion, just trying to track the problem down.

what you seem to be missing is the fact that the instructions you read are for a domain that YOU own.

you indicated above that the issue is with your ability to login at wordpress.com

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“I am trying to log in at https://wordpress.com/wp-login.php”

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I’ll reiterate.. What you see in any database that YOU have control over has NOTHING to do with your login access at wordpress.com

You said:

How could this be when as you can see I have already posted to the site?

How could what be? And what site?

Youre going to need to start being more specific in your replies.

Please excuse me for being an idiot! ?? Didn’t mean it. I figured it out. I go to my web address admin … https://www.zeldamontgomry.com/wp-admin to log on.

Being new to WordPress and not that familiar with my web host yet, I have a lot of new web addresses and passwords to keep straight. For someone that knows the more than a little basics and is delving in to learn it can be overwhelming. I’m sure others on this forum can sympathize with that.

By the tone of the replies I got I understand that you are trying to keep the idiots out, but honestly, it was a mistake that even someone who has been involved with web stuff for awhile could do so hopefully this post won’t confuse anyone and instead will help someone who might have the same problem.

Thanks for your help, it did keep me looking until I found the answer!

Hi Zelda I went through the same thing! No you’re not an idiot! Whooami is probably one of those smug engineering types that because he understands it then everyone should!

I don’t think that people Whoami and others whose posts sometimes seem somewhat curt are trying to be smug. I think they are trying to help others, as evidenced by their many, many replies, resolve problems.

As an experienced technical writer, I find that my own technical knowledge is a huge obstacle to helping others with problems that are seemingly unsurmountable by them but simple to me.

I’m sure they’ve answered the same old questions time and time again over the last months (years). I’m sure they are trying to keep their replies short and concise. I’m sure that out of exaspiration their replies sometimes make them seem like they are “smug”. I’m sure that if they were professional writers with lots of time for well thought-out answers to questions, their replies would have fewer “rough edges”.

However, they are just folks like all the rest of us, only they’ve already gone through a butt-load of problems, first during their own start-up times, and then through helping others. Nobody tells them to volunteer their time and expertise. Nobody has even asked them. They feel they have something useful and helpful to offer and they take time out from chores, studies, work, sleep, whatever, to read new posts about problems and respond to them as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Do their answers sometimes go over the heads of others? Do they sometimes assume more than a beginner’s knowledge of WordPress? Do their replies sometimes appear to be written for other programmers? Are their answers sometimes short and pointed? Do these people sometimes become frustrated with repeated cries for help when the answers can often be found in the documentation? Of course, the answer to all of these questions is YES YES YES!

Would visitors to this forum who have difficulties understanding things be satisfied instead with the boiler-plate, politically-correct-but-grammatically-incorrect and often useless replies given them by their host providers? I doubt it. I sure wouldn’t.

Probably should bring up the old adage, “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” And guys like Whoami, Moshu, and many, others who jump in and help out, certainly do give freely of their time and knowledge. God help us all if they just said, “Screw it” and left me and others like me to the mercy of the ISP “Help” teams…

Thank you, skeezicks.

How pleasant to find someone that understands that it isnt about being smug, haughty, or any of the other terms that have been unjustifiably attached to me.

Its worth noting that digivalue apparantly registered just to rehash a thread that was a month old.

And Im not the least bit surprised that the site in his profile goes to a site that is spam.