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Add an admin account to WP via MySQL
INSERT INTO `wp_users`
(`user_login`, `user_pass`, `user_nicename`, `user_email`, `user_status`)
VALUES
('newadmin', MD5('pass123'), 'firstname lastname', '[email protected]', '0');
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta`
(`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`)
VALUES
(NULL, (Select max(id) FROM wp_users), 'wp_capabilities', 'a:1:{s:13:"administrator";s:1:"1";}');
INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta`
(`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`)
VALUES
(NULL, (Select max(id) FROM wp_users), 'wp_user_level', '10');
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