The content management system (CMS) is a tool used to manage presentation and database layers of a website, as well as include other functions through a variety of plugins. If your website has been compromised, or after a regular time period, you should change the password for your CMS.
Maintaining a strong password is very important for keeping your site secure. Changing the password is a different process for each CMS, but using phpMyAdmin is a universal way of changing it. Follow the guide below for this method of resetting your password.
How to reset CMS password:
1. Log in to your cPanel account
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2. Find the phpMyAdmin link in cPanel
3. Locate the main database from the left hand side navigation menu. In this case the CMS is WordPress.
4. In this example, select the 'FJdVRXY_users' table and then click on Edit
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5. Enter your new password into the value field of the user_pass row. From the dropdown, select MD5 as the function for that row. This will encrypt the stored password:
6. Click on “Go” at the bottom of the form to save your changes.
7. Check if the password works. Head over to your WordPress login site and enter in the new password.
https://mydomain.com.au/wp-login.php
