If you have phpmyadmin, you can easily recover and/or change your admin password by following these steps:
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/
To reinstall just the database of WordPress, use phpmyadmin to drop all of the tables in your WordPress database, or use whatever your hosting provider has given you to manage MySQL and delete the entire database and create a new one. Then, simply follow the installation instructions. You will not have to upload new files, but depending on what your new database is named, you may have to change the values in wp-config.php.
To completely re-install WordPress, use phpmyadmin to drop all of the tables in your WordPress database, or use whatever your hosting provider has given you to manage MySQL and delete the entire database, then delete all of your WordPress files. After that, start from the very beginning of the installation instructions.
There was no need to reinstall because of a lost password. Refer to this guide from Podz for password instructions:
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/phpmyadmin/
If you *do* want to start again, you need to “drop” all the tables, following *this* Podz guide:
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/empty-drop/
I take it you copped this:
“To reinstall please clear your old database tables first”
If so, you’ll need to logon to your MySQL database (either via “mysql” if you have shell access, or something like “phpmyadmin” if you don’t) and drop all the WordPress dables.
Thanks! wow.. you guys must of wrote all that at the same time.
I deleated the db, cerated another and renaned the wordpress folder and started installation all over again. But no i have an aeven bigger problem…
Im getting errors when i got the login page…
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/resume/public_html/wordpress/wp-config.php:25) in /home/resume/public_html/wordpress/wp-login.php on line 7
etc and then
Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/resume/public_html/wordpress/wp-config.php:25) in /home/resume/public_html/wordpress/wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php on line 151
as well. please help 🙂
I thought this would go away when I reinstalled, so i wasn’t bothered about it the first time it happend, on my first install.
But its happend again… any help appreciated…
oh yeh! AAHA PHP hates blank lines, i should have known.
( im a vbulletin guru ) hehehe
ok, all issues resolved. thanks everyone!
I reinstalled just now !!!! good job !
I deleted my site and re-do it again, now i’m try to reinstall wordpress but i keep getting error this error The installation can not be completed:
– You cannot install more than one script in the root directory of a domain.
there is nothing under current installation, I have deleted the previous installation, please help, I need to reinstall wordpress
