How to add an admin account in WordPress through Database

1. To begin, log into your cPanel interface.
2. From the main cPanel screen, find the Databases category and click on the icon entitled phpMyAdmin.
3. Once the first screen appears, look to the left hand sidebar and click on the database for your specific WordPress installation. If you do not know which database is the correct one, you can find out by using these instructions.
4. After the database information loads, you will need to find the tab named SQL and click on it.
5. This leads you to an SQL editor where you will enter some code that will create a new admin account for you. Below is the code to create a new admin account named newadmin with the password pass123. You may change any of the content in red to fit your needs, but leave all other data as is.

INSERT INTO `wp_users` (`user_login`, `user_pass`, `user_nicename`, `user_email`, `user_status`)
VALUES ('newadmin', MD5('pass123'), 'firstname lastname', 'email@example.com', '0');

INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`)
VALUES (NULL, (Select max(id) FROM wp_users), 'wp_capabilities', 'a:1:{s:13:"administrator";s:1:"1";}');

INSERT INTO `wp_usermeta` (`umeta_id`, `user_id`, `meta_key`, `meta_value`)
VALUES (NULL, (Select max(id) FROM wp_users), 'wp_user_level', '10');


6.After replacing any data fields you need, click the Go button to perform the insertion.

7.This should simply refresh the screen and you should see the messsage '1 row affected' after each of the three SQL statements. This means the insertion ran smoothly. From here, visit your wordpress admin login area as normal and use the new admin login information. You should get to the admin interface without issue.