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title: "How to: Reset your website application (CMS) password via phpMyAdmin"
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updated: 2026-04-13T03:45:39Z
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# How to: Reset your website application (CMS) password via phpMyAdmin

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

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/2026-04-02pass00(1).png) 2. Find the phpMyAdmin link in cPanel

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/2026-04-02pass05.png) 3. Locate the main database from the left hand side navigation menu. In this case the CMS is WordPress.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/2026-04-07pass001.png) 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:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/2026-04-02pass02.png) 6. Click on “Go” at the bottom of the form to save your changes.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/d809f158-d4f4-47ff-83d4-18d9c9f7a04d/Images/Documentation/2026-04-02pass03.png) 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

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