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Change Wordpress FQDN via sql

UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'http://oldurl.com', 'http://newurl.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl'; UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'http://oldurl.com', 'http://newurl.com'); UPDATE wp_

Reset Wordpress Password via SQL

if you have access to the mysql database you can recover account access by resetting the password using the following SELECT ID, user_login, user_pass FROM wp_users; UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass = MD5('NEWPASSWORD') WHERE ID=1 LIMIT 1;

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