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Insert new user administrator account into WordPress via the database
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# Grabbed for reference from http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-an-admin-user-to-the-wordpress-database-via-mysql/ | |
# Check the table prefix | |
# Check the user_id to make sure it is the next in sequence | |
# Replace my name and email to your own | |
# Username will be demo and the password will be 1234 | |
INSERT INTO `wp_users` (`ID`, `user_login`, `user_pass`, `user_nicename`, `user_email`, `user_url`, `user_registered`, `user_activation_key`, `user_status`, `display_name`) VALUES ('4', 'mgarrett', MD5('1234'), 'Mike Garrett', '[email protected]', '', '2011-06-07 00:00:00', '', '0', 'Mike Garrett'); | |
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`) VALUES (NULL, '4', 'wp_capabilities', 'a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}'); | |
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`) VALUES (NULL, '4', 'wp_user_level', '10'); | |
# Troubleshooting | |
# Q) Are you getting a permission error when attempting to log in? | |
# A) Make sure your table prefix is mirrored in the meta key prefix. These should match. |
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