{"id":31058,"date":"2023-08-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=31058"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T10:56:10","slug":"change-wordpress-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/change-wordpress-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Change or reset your WordPress password"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elementor uses&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wordpress-and-elementor\/\">WordPress as its content management system<\/a>&nbsp;(CMS). So, you must create a WordPress site and register as a WordPress user before installing Elementor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: For Elementor Hosting sites this is done automatically as part of the site creation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can easily change or reset your WordPress password. In this article you\u2019ll learn how to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access your account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change your own password<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change someone else\u2019s password<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to change WordPress password\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UXxAOeCSOwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Access your account<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to WP Admin, and , select e\u00a0<strong>Users>Profile.<\/strong><br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"476\" class=\"wp-image-45773\" style=\"width: 380px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Users.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Users.png 443w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Users-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Change your password<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Within your WordPress profile, scroll down to the\u00a0<strong>Account Management<\/strong>\u00a0section.<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"514\" class=\"wp-image-45774\" style=\"width: 680px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-33.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-33.png 1107w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-33-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-33-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-33-768x581.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Set New Password.\u00a0 <\/strong>WordPress will suggest a strong password. Accept the suggested password or type in another strong password of your choosing.\u00a0<br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"472\" class=\"wp-image-45775\" style=\"width: 680px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-34.png 945w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-34-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-34-768x533.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Update Profile<\/strong> to save your new password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Change the password of a different user<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorized users can change the passwords of other users.\u00a0<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"537\" class=\"wp-image-45776\" style=\"width: 380px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-35.png 321w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-35-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In WP Admin, select the\u00a0<strong>Users.\u00a0<\/strong><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"72\" class=\"wp-image-45777\" style=\"width: 680px;\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36.png 785w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-36-768x81.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the right panel, click the<strong> username, name<\/strong>, or<strong> email address<\/strong> of the person whose password you want to change.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow the change password procedure as described above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>[callout type=&#8221;note&#8221;]You may need to <strong>Log Out Everywhere Else<\/strong>\u00a0to change your password.[\/callout]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elementor uses&nbsp;WordPress as its content management system&nbsp;(CMS). So, you must create a WordPress site and register as a WordPress user before installing Elementor. Note: For Elementor Hosting sites this is done automatically as part of the site creation process. You can easily change or reset your WordPress password. 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