How to reset my OpenCart Admin Password Carrie SmahaUpdated on November 15, 2021 1 Minute Read It can be hard to keep up with all the different passwords for your account. If you’ve forgot your admin password for OpenCart, you can reset the password in the database. You’ll have to use phpMyAdmin in cPanel to change the password to the admin account. Since you’ll be resetting the password to “password” it’s very important to make sure once you are logged in to the OpenCart Admin Dashboard, to change it to something more secure. Remember you can host multiple websites with our Shared Hosting plans. How to change your OpenCart Password in phpMyAdmin Log into cPanel and click on phpMyAdmin Open the database that your OpenCart store uses Find the “user” table and then click on Edit, next to your “admin” user entry. Write your preferred password in the password field. From the function dropdown to the left, select MD5. Press Go at the bottom to save your settings. Now, attempt to log into the OpenCart Dashboard with your new password If you need further assistance please feel free to ask a question on our support center. To find out more on using InMotion’s web hosting solutions for OpenCart, click on OpenCart Hosting with InMotion. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie Smaha is a digital strategy, web development, and SEO leader with 20 years of experience. She built her foundation in fast-paced agency environments before moving in-house to InMotion Hosting, where she leads go-to-market programs, agency initiatives, and technical product marketing that connects product capability to real customer decisions. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles Editing the Information Pages in the Footer of OpenCart My OpenCart 3 Contact Form Won’t Send Emails Resetting your OpenCart Admin Password with the Forgot Password link Using Free Cloudflare for SSL on OpenCart 1.5 Adding your store logo to your OpenCart 1.5 website Changing your Admin Password in OpenCart 1.5 Restoring a Database Backup in OpenCart 1.5 Sending Emails to Customers through OpenCart 1.5 How to Enable SSL Connection in OpenCart 1.5 Creating a 404 error page for OpenCart
