User Guide

Someone has asked to reset the password for the following site and

username.

http://www.example.com

Username: admin

To reset your password visit the following address, otherwise just

ignore this email and nothing will happen.

http://www.example.com/wp-login.php?

action=rp&key=KzMNyeOniKJGS1T8emRa&login=admin

If someone else set up the site for you, the administrator’s email address

may not have been changed to yours, in which case they will get the

email. You can change the email address after logging in, see below.

If you click on the bottom link you are then sent a new password which

you can then use. You can do it now if you want to try it, but it may be

better to stick with the one you have been given for now. We’re going to change

your password soon anyway.

LOGGING IN

If you’re looking at the Forgotten Password form, click on the Log in link to go

back to the log in form.

Enter your username and password and click on the Log In button. Assuming

you entered the correct username and password, you will be presented with your

website’s dashboard where a summary of your website is displayed.

Why did you go straight to the

dashboard?

When you typed in www.example.com/wp-admin, you were actually telling the

browser to go to the administration back end (notice “admin” in the web address

you typed). WordPress won’t let anyone go to the dashboard without logging

first, so it presented the log in form. Once you’d logged in the site then took you

WordPress 3 User Guide" Chapter 2: Logging in the for ﬁrst time