Tip: Forgot WordPress Password

If you’ve forgotten your WordPress password use a database administration tool (phpMyAdmin is my tool of choice) to remove the password from the WordPress table and then run the install.php script again (that may require you to remove a lock file on the server). Whatever your new password is, write it down and then immediately login to wp-admin and then go to your profile and change the password. Then destroy the paper with the auto-generated password just in case.