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Default Username & Password for MySQL Databases in MAMP

MAMP for Mac OS X is a great local development server for local web site development. One question that I always get asked or even forget myself is what the default username and password for MySQL databases are when created in phpMyAdmin in MAMP. On the more recent versions of MAMP the default username for created databases is: root. On […]

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Reset WordPress Admin Password in Database via phpMyAdmin

There are a variety of reasons that you may need to reset the password of an admin account in WordPress directly in the database, primarily when the password has been forgotten and the ‘password recovery via email’ functionality on the WordPress login page is not working for you. Resetting the password in the database via phpMyAdmin on your live or […]

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