How to reset my MediaWiki admin password?

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How to reset my MediaWiki admin password?

If you forget your MediaWiki password, you can request it by simply clicking the 'Lost Password?' link under the log-in fields. Then fallow the instructions. However if you've misspelled the email address when registering or do not remember it, there is another way to force a new password change. Here is the path of doing that:

Go to: cPanel -> phpMyAdmin from the Databases box.

On the left bar select the database of your MediaWiki application click the edit button for the 'wk_users' table(where wk is the prefix you have set during the installation ).

Find the administrator user and click the pencil button to edit it . In the 'pass' filed, where something like this will stand 'e6053eb8d35e02ae40beeeacef203c1a', type the new password and in the 'Function' drop down menu select 'MD5'. Now your password is changed and you can use it to log in.

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