Installed, but I cant get my password.

  • Hi,

    I installed wordpress, but.. I have problems with opening up .php files on my computer. When I click on them, a picture pops up of something that is trying to install so it can read the .php file.. problem is.. I need the Windows disk for the program to be able to install. Of course, no one in my house knows where it is. So, I improvised. I opened it in notepad, which didn’t help me much either. At the bottom of the page, this is what it says: You can log in to the administrator account with the following information:

    Username: admin
    Password: %2\$s

    We hope you enjoy your new weblog. Thanks!

    –The WordPress Team
    https://www.ads-software.com/
    “), $guessurl, $random_password);

    @wp_mail($admin_email, __(‘New WordPress Blog’), $message, $message_headers);

    wp_cache_flush();
    ?>

    <?php _e(‘Finished!’); ?>

    <?php printf(__(‘Now you can log in with the username “admin” and password “%2$s“.’), ‘../wp-login.php’, $random_password); ?>
    <?php _e(‘Note that password carefully! It is a random password that was generated just for you. If you lose it, you will have to delete the tables from the database yourself, and re-install WordPress. So to review:’); ?>

    <dl>
    <dt><?php _e(‘Username’); ?></dt>
    <dd>admin</dd>
    <dt><?php _e(‘Password’); ?></dt>
    <dd><?php echo $random_password; ?></dd>
    <dt><?php _e(‘Login address’); ?></dt>
    <dd>wp-login.php

    Am I the only one facing this problem? I DESPERATLY want to fix this so I can use my website. Anyone? Please?

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  • How did you install?
    Where is your website?

    Erm….what do you mean by “installed”? Installation involves creating a database and/or username for the database on your server, and running a script that does the install for you.

    When you do that, it gives you your password both on the screen and in an e-mail. You’re never going to get your password out of the wordpress files; it’s in the database.

    That %s stuff is programmer-speak for the password string, which gets displayed. Think of it as a template that the password gets plugged into.

    But anyway, if you go to your blog’s wp-admin directory, it’ll prompt you to log in. On that same page, there’s a link to request a lost password. The default username is “admin”.

    Otherwise, you can just toast the blog and re-install. If you haven’t posted anything, you’ll only lose about half an hour of time.

    You run install via your browser!

    http://yourdomain/blog/install.php

    This assumes you’ve put the wordpress files at the webserver, not laying about on your local PC.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Getting_Started_with_WordPress#Installation

    Thread Starter imfreakinhaught

    (@imfreakinhaught)

    Yep. I’ve done all of that and since the beginning, the files have been with my webserver. I’ve even followed this 5 minute install thing and nothing. Could it be that my webserver just doesnt like it?

    Thread Starter imfreakinhaught

    (@imfreakinhaught)

    This is where my website is: https://www.imfreakinhaught.net.
    I dont get how I’m supposed to get an email out of it. I dont get an email service through my webhost.

    A way to bypass the bug is this.
    Replace line 390 in index-install.php before install or on a reinstall.

    It will input YourPassword as the password.

    $user_id = wpmu_create_user( ‘admin’, $pass, $email);

    Change to:

    $user_id = wpmu_create_user( ‘admin’, YOURPASSWORD, $email);

    Change the code back after install for secuirty.

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