Change your WordPress password via your themes functions.php

Time needed: 5 minutes

Change WordPress password via functions.php

1. Login to your website via FTP

   Login to your website via FTP and go to your theme’s functions.php file and download it. for example:  /www/username/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/functions.php
   
   

2. Edit functions.php

   2. On line 2, right after the first <?php line add this:
   wp_set_password(‘password’,’user’);
   
   In this example, we’re setting the password to password, and we’re updating it for the user user.
   
   Alternatively you could use this code for the admin user 1:
   wp_set_password( 'password', 1 );
   
   

3. Upload the modified functions.php

   Upload the modified functions.php file to your /themes folder on the server.
   
   

4. Login

   Login to your WordPress dashboard using the new password.
   
   

5. Remove the line from functions.php

   Remove the wp_set_password line from the functions.php file, and re-upload it.