Title: Admin Deleted!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Admin Deleted!

 *  [zomg-kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zomg-kevin/)
 * (@zomg-kevin)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-deleted/)
 * Okay, I recently set up a bridge between my SMF forum and my wordpress and everything
   was fine. UNTIL…
 * I was deleting a test member in my forum and accidentally deleted the admin account
   for my wordpress! Is there any way to get my admin privileges back without having
   to reinstall? Can I edit any php file in the wp-admin folder on ftp or something?
 * I really put a lot of effort into it and I really don’t want to have to start
   over.

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-deleted/#post-801063)
 * > Can I edit any php file in the wp-admin folder on ftp or something?
 * uh no. users and their permissions are stored in the MySQL database.
 * remake the user inside phpmyadmin, or just pull the sql bits out of your last
   backup.
 * You **do** backup, right?
 *  Thread Starter [zomg-kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zomg-kevin/)
 * (@zomg-kevin)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-deleted/#post-801064)
 * okay i’m in phpmyadmin and i have no clue what I’m doing.
 *  [brightcoconut](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamkayce/)
 * (@adamkayce)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-deleted/#post-801408)
 * In case someone else finds this and needs the help, but can’t find any… here’s
   how I fixed mine (piecing it together from memory):
    - in WP, create another user/administrator the way your original one was.
    - back up your database. I use the wp-dbmanager plugin for this.
    - get into phpmyadmin, and look at your wpusers table (it’ll probably be the
      last one of the ten or so on the list on the left)
    - you’ll see the new user that you just created, but the ID (the first line 
      of table values) will be 2, or 3, or whatever it is – depends on how many 
      other users you have. If you have a ton, then it’ll be the last one, since
      you just created it.
    - edit it… (sorry, can’t remember the exact sequence here, but once you’re looking
      at the user you want, click the pencil icon)
    - all you want to do is change the ID back to 1. Save, and get out.
 * Assuming all is good, log back in to your wp admin area as the new user/admin,
   and delete the other. When you delete the extra one, you’ll have the opportunity
   to transfer all the posts to a different user, so put all those onto your new
   admin account.
 * That should do it.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [brightcoconut](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adamkayce/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-deleted/#post-801408)
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