{"id":1546,"date":"2023-10-16T13:34:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T02:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostmate.com.au\/hosting\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T02:36:47","slug":"cant-login-to-wordpress-user-name-and-password-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostmate.com.au\/hosting\/cant-login-to-wordpress-user-name-and-password-not-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t login to WordPress. User name and password not working."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1546\" class=\"elementor elementor-1546\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe1e2ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe1e2ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adbc156\" data-id=\"adbc156\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7cf6bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7cf6bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are a few things can do.<\/p>\n<p>1.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t login to WordPress, can try using the cPanel-&gt;WordPress Manager by Softaculous.<\/p>\n<p>Then click the Login button. 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