For those of you wondering how to reset your WordPress admin password via MySQL command line, here’s how to do it:
Enter your MySQL command line with something like:
mysql -uroot -p
Then enter your password.
Once inside the MySQL command line do:
show databases;
and then find your database for the WordPress blog that you want to change password.
use mydatabase;
where mydatabase should be “your” database.
Then do:
update wp_users set user_pass =MD5(’typenewpasswordhere’) where id=1;
I’ve been upgrading WordPress for almost 4 years now and since I manage about 20 blogs, I have learned to figure out how to upgrade your WordPress faster than ever using SSH and wget command.
For one, you will need a dedicated server/VPS that supports SSH. Otherwise you won’t be able to do it.
Here’s exactly how I do it.
1) I go to my WordPress directory using the command cd. ~ 2 seconds
2) I use
The new WordPress 2.9 released today features a new functionality for WordPress theme designers/coders to add post thumbnails by using the command the_post_thumnail().
Of course, don’t forget that the fact that in order to use this feature, you need to select an image under WordPress admin area and click on “Use as thumbnail”.
I have tried using on older images but seems like it won’t work on the older images. I am sure there’s a way to hack it so the first image of any post will be used as default thumbnail. But I think I will stick wi
For those of you who are getting errors with Simple Tags plugin when upgrading to WordPress 2.9, there’s a simple hack to make it work:
Edit the file simple-tags.php and change the following from this:
if ( strpos($wp_version, ‘2.7′) !== false || strpos($wp_version, ‘2.8′) !== false )
to this:
if ( strpos($wp_version, ‘2.7′) !== false || strpos($wp_version, ‘2.8′) !== false || strpos($wp_version, ‘2.9′) !== false )
I guess it’s because the