Locked Out of WordPress Admin? Reset Your Password via phpMyAdmin or WP-CLI
Tested in the ShoHost fix lab on 12 October 2026: WordPress 7.1.3, PHP 8.4, Apache with MariaDB 11.8. Every screenshot below is from that lab, not from a customer site. Wrong password, and the “Lost your password?” email never shows up? WordPress sites often can’t send mail until SMTP is set up. You can still…