Passwords

Contents

• Change Your Password
• Lost Password
• Security

Related

• Adding Users
• API Keys
• Change Your Username
• Deleting Accounts
• E-mail Address
• User Profile
• User Roles

Passwords are very important to user accounts, but there may come a time when you need to change your password or maybe you forgot your password. We’re here to help.

Change Your Password

If you know your current password and would like to change it to something different follow these steps:

1) Visit your profile.

2) Scroll to the bottom of the page to the New Password area.

3) Type your new into both boxes and click the Update Profile button when you are done.

4) Your password has been updated!

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Lost Password

It is very important to keep your passwords secure and to remember them, but there might come a time when you forget a password. Follow these easy steps to get a new password.

1) Visit the Lost Password page.

2) Type your WordPress.com username or e-mail into the text box and click the Get New Password button. A page will load with a message to Check your e-mail for the confirmation link.

3) Check your email and you should receive a message similar to the one below.

4) Click on the link in the email. A new page will load in your web browser with a message to Check your e-mail for your new password.

5) Check your email once again and you’ll receive a message with a new password.

6) Copy the password.

7) Visit the WordPress.com login page. Type in your username and paste the new password. You should be logged into WordPress.com

8) Change your password to something secure but something you will be able to remember.

9) Enjoy your WordPress.com account again!

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Security

Your weakest link to a blog / website / email / ftp or to anywhere online is your choice of password.

If you were given one by a system then it is probably okay but you should still change it.

If you chose it yourself it’s probably a very poor password.

All it takes is one person to guess your password and they can delete every post you have made. They could change / read emails. They could deface your site. They could ruin what you have taken time to build. And all because you used a password you thought was safe.

You could probably take a guess at what passwords a friend might use – pet name, football team, birthday, school, favourite band / track … and they can try and guess yours too.

Keepass – Open Source Password Safe

(read the Wikipedia entry for more information)

Download that program. USE IT.

Generate 16 random character passwords and use one per location. It’s pointless having a single good password if cracking that gives someone access to everything. So what if you lose a password? They can be got back or changed somehow. Deleted data cannot.

And if you think no-one will hack you, that’s fine. Just don’t say anything when it happens.

Your data. Your responsibility.

Last modified: December 2, 2008