Showing the post password form for excerpts in WordPress
June 27, 2009
Many WordPress themes show excerpts on the front page and other archive-type views. When viewing a password-protected post, this message is displayed: There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. While this is fine for many scenarios, it may not be the most helpful piece of text for the average Internet user. Instead of showing the message, we’ll replace it with a password form. Replacing the no excerpt text with a password form WordPress comes packaged with a neat function called get_the_password_form() that... [Read the full story]
Manually reset your WordPress password
February 14, 2009
What to do if you lost your WordPress password? The easier is to use PhpMyAdmin to update it. If you’ve only single user on your WordPress installation, and the login name is admin. You can reset password with just simple SQL query, which once executed will replace password with whatever you enter as your new password to be. Don’t forget to modify the password and username before executing it. Also, make sure you have a backup of your database before executing any SQL queries to your database. UPDATE 'wp_users' SET 'user_pass'... [Read the full story]
Resetting Your Password in WordPress
June 19, 2008
Sometimes we get so caught up in covering the complex WordPress hacks and offering tips, that we forget to cover many of the things that are often taken for granted. Today I decided to write a quick post and cover how to reset your password within the WordPress dashboard (for WordPress 2.0+): Go to the Users tab. Click on the Your Profile link. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and enter your desired password in the New Password field. Click the Update Profile button. That’s it! If you are using an older version... [Read the full story]
