WordPress: reset password

As read from here: https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/reset-your-password/

Through MySQL Command Line

generate md5 for new password

in another computer:

• http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/md5.php
• or using Pyton
• or unix/linux:
  • Create a file called wp.txt, containing nothing but the new password.
  • tr -d ‘\r\n’ < wp.txt | md5sum | tr -d ‘ -‘
  • keep the MD5 string as MD5-STRING-YOU-MADE will be needed
  • rm wp.txt

access docker db

docker exec -it ofisuportxxp-wp-db-localdkr bash -l

change the password

mysql -u root -p

USE name-of-db;
SHOW TABLES;
SELECT ID, user_login,user_pass FROM name-of-table;
UPDATE name-of-table SET user_pass="MD5-STRING-YOU-MADE" WHERE ID = "id-you-saw";

Through FTP functions.php

edit functions.php adding this at the begining

wp_set_password( 'my_new_password', user_id );

• then try to login -> will not succeed
• then erase this line wp_set_password( 'my_new_password', user_id );
• go to login with new password