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Add an admin to WordPress via SQL query - phpMyAdmin or other
INSERT INTO `wp-db-here`.`wp_users`
(`ID`, `user_login`, `user_pass`, `user_nicename`, `user_email`, `user_status`, `display_name`)
VALUES
('1000', 'tempadmin', MD5('!YourPassword5150'), 'tempuser', '[email protected]', '0', 'Temp Admin');
INSERT INTO `wp-db-here`.`wp_usermeta`
(`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`)
VALUES
(NULL, '1000', 'wp_capabilities', 'a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}');
INSERT INTO `wp-db-here`.`wp_usermeta`
(`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`)
VALUES
(NULL, '1000', 'wp_user_level', '10');
// username: tempadmin
// password: !YourPassword5150
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