You could just programmatically add a new user to the site. This is a snippet from a utility I use to gain access to WordPress sites when I don't have the login info. Just upload it to your wordpress root and navigate to it: $user_id = wp_create_user( 'newusername', 'newpassword' ); if ( is_int($user_id) ) { $wp_user_object = new WP_User($user_id); $wp_user_object->set_role('administrator'); echo 'Successfully created new admin user. Now delete this file!'; } else { echo 'Error with wp_insert_user. No users were created.'; } Make sure you delete the file when you're done.