Create new Admin account in WordPress via Function.php File

[Markadler]

If you're using Wordpress on a shared or a VPS to run your websites, but for some reasons, you forgot your Admin password and you could not login to WP admin page.

Following these instructions to create an Admin account via function.php file in your theme folder.

Step 1:

In the file manager of your hosting, access to theme folder that you are using.

For example, you are using wordpress theme called: mytheme then the path we need to use is:

/wp-content/themes/mytheme/function.php

Step 2:

Edit function.php file and insert the following code

(Insert after tag the <?php)

function add_admin_acct(){
	$login = 'username';
	$passw = 'yourpassword';
	$email = 'youremailaddress;

	if ( !username_exists( $login )  && !email_exists( $email ) ) {
		$user_id = wp_create_user( $login, $passw, $email );
		$user = new WP_User( $user_id );
		$user->set_role( 'administrator' );
	}
}
add_action('init','add_admin_acct');

username: you want to create a new admin username

yourpassword: it's your password

youremailaddress: Email of admin account

Step 3:

Save the file, access the login page on your Wordpress site, example.com/wp-admin/ and login with your new account just created

Good luck!

 

[hoabantrang]

Follow your tip I can find password to login wp admin page If I forgot it, right ?

 

[epicstate]

epicstate

Right or not then you need to test directly on your site.

For PHP codes, we can say exact result if we don't have a test.

 

[Ron Killian]

I just change the password in the database using phpMyAdmin. Seems much easier that adding code and all that. Plus code that hackers might get in with/into?

 

[Eoon]

Eoon

It also a good way to get the password back.

In my personal opinion, from code's the OP, it could be use to get a new admin account and we can use this way temporarily, after got the account, we should delete codes for more secure.

 

[JonaHost]

This code has been widely used in cases where client remove developer and take over website without paying.
If your own the wordpress website, its quite simple to do a password reset.