Admin deleted, can´t login

  • Resolved k.roh

    (@kroh)


    10 years, 10 months ago

    Hello,

    i added a new admin-account to my wordpresssite (www.k-roh.at) with a more complicated nickname, because I wanted to make my site more secure.
    Then I deleted my old admin account.
    Now if I try to login with my new account the wp-login-page tells me that an admin has to unlock my new account before I can login. But I don´t have another admin-account… what can I do now? Cant login…

    Thanks for help.
    Karo.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    If you are not using Multisite, access your database via phpMyAdmin (most hosting providers offer this in their control panel), go to the wp_users table and find the row for your user_login . Note the ID of this row. Now, go to the wp_usermeta table and find the wp_capabilities row for your user_id . Set the value of this row to:

    a:1:{s:13:"administrator";b:1;}

    Thread Starter k.roh

    (@kroh)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks for your fast reply.
    I did this but it didn´t change anything. Still can´t log in.
    Thats what it says, when I try to login:
    “ACCOUNT PENDING: Your account is currently not active. An administrator needs to activate your account before you can login.”

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Ok, that’s definitely not normal, they must be using a plugin for that.

    Try manually resetting your plugins (no Dashboard access required).

    Thread Starter k.roh

    (@kroh)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Big Thank you! This worked. I´m using “WP Security” plugin, maybe that was the problem…
    Greets Karo.

    Thread Starter k.roh

    (@kroh)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    Now I know that the WP Security Plug in was the problem. I have to approve every new account in this plugin.
    Just for Info 😉

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    10 years, 10 months ago

    You’re welcome, and thanks for letting us know what it was!

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