---
title: "Changing the Admin password in PHP-Nuke"
description: "Managing a CMS like PHP-Nuke will require you to be able to change passwords for your users. This article will explain how to change the Admin password in PHP-Nuke. Steps to change the admin password..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/php-nuke/change-admin-password-nuke/
date: 2013-03-14
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["PHP-Nuke", "Security", "Website"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Changing the Admin password in PHP-Nuke

Managing a CMS like PHP-Nuke will require you to be able to change passwords for your users. This article will explain how to change the Admin password in PHP-Nuke.

## Steps to change the admin password

1. [Log into your PHP-Nuke Dashboard](/support/edu/php-nuke/login-administrator-system/).
2. [![Click Edit Admis PHP-Nuke](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_phpnuke_101_change-password_change-password-1-edit-admin.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_phpnuke_101_change-password_change-password-1-edit-admin.png) Click **Edit Admins**. **Important!** If you click the **Edit Admins** link and you get an “*Illegal Operation*” error, it is because you have to **Edit Admins** as the “*God*” user. When you initially set up your PHP-Nuke program you will want to set the admin username and real name to God to prevent this.
3. [![Select the Admin info PHP-Nuke](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_phpnuke_101_change-password_change-password-2-select-admin.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_phpnuke_101_change-password_change-password-2-select-admin.png) Click the **Modify Info** icon. See image to the right.
4. [![Modify the password PHP-Nuke](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_phpnuke_101_change-password_change-password-3-modify.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/edu_phpnuke_101_change-password_change-password-3-modify.png) Type your new password. Click **Save**.