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Add an admin to a wordpress database

Posted on April 3, 2023  //  sql wordpress

Because it comes up so often:

INSERT INTO `wordpressdatabase`.`wp_users` (`ID`, `user_login`, `user_pass`, `user_nicename`, `user_email`, `user_status`, `display_name`) VALUES ('1000', 'username', MD5('password'), 'username', 'contact@example.com', '0', 'username');

INSERT INTO ` wordpressdatabase`.`wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`) VALUES (NULL, '5', 'wp_capabilities', 'a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}');

INSERT INTO ` wordpressdatabase`.`wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`) VALUES (NULL, '1000', 'wp_user_level', '10');

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Andreas Wagner
freelance System Administrator and Ruby programmer in Tallinn, Estonia