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How to change a WordPress user email in phpMyAdmin

 

If you need to edit a user’s email address in WordPress but you don’t have access to the administration and you have control over the web hosting, here’s how you can change it.

 

1. Log in to cPanel. The login details are supplied by your hosting company or web designer, who set up the hosting on your behalf.

2. Look for phpMyAdmin and click on it.

Screenshot of clicking phpMyAdmin

3. Before we make any changes, backup the database first. To do so, go to Export and then click Go.

Screenshot of clicking Go

4. Next, click the database and then wp_users. This will display a list of users on the WordPress site.

Screenshot of clicking the database

5. Click Edit, and then change the email address for the user.

Screenshot of clicking Edit

6. After completing those steps, simply click Go. You’ll notice that the email address has been changed to the new one.

Screenshot of clicking Go

 

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