Forgot who the administrator is!

  • Resolved kbeen

    (@kbeen)


    12 years ago

    I just took over a WP based website for some friends. They gave me the username/password for what they thought was the Admin, but I don’t think it is since I can’t edit the Theme or update to 3.5.1. I believe it’s only Editor status and they don’t know any other accounts for some reason. Is there anything I can do or am I SOL?

    I’ll admit that I’m fairly new at using WordPress, so it’s possible that I am just not doing it right.
    Thanks in advance!

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    Using Phpmyadmin (or another MySQL management tool), first backup your database. Then navigate to your wp_usermeta table and locate the meta_key called “wp_capabilities” for your user_id. Change the meta-value for this record to:

    a:1:{s:13:"administrator";s:1:"1";}

    Thread Starter kbeen

    (@kbeen)

    Thanks for the response!
    I’m waiting for the backup to finish right now. Does the wp_user_level need to be edited as well?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    No. The fix I posted above should be sufficient.

    Thread Starter kbeen

    (@kbeen)

    It worked!!! Thanks for your help!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    Excellent. Glad I could help. ??

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