Reset Password Bug: Patch and Fixed Files
After my last post on how to reset your WordPress password manually, people have asked for the patch and the changed files for the bug in 2.5.1. I’ve grabbed these files straight from Trac, so they should work (hopefully 
).
Most users will want the changed files zip. To use this, extract the archive into your wordpress directory and upload wp-login.php and pluggable.php.
For users who wish to use the patch, I’ll assume you know how to do that
Edit: If this appears not to work, Doug has kindly worked out why and notes how to fix that. Thanks Doug!
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Trackback at 10:38 pm on May 3rd, 2008This patch does not work for me.. what sould I do?
@Gigi: What do you mean by it “doesn’t work”?
I’m not having any luck with it either. It’s giving me the same key (including a ^) as it was before I uploaded the changed files, if that’s helpful.
Well, the patch is taken from the core WordPress patch, it *should* work.
Are you sure you’ve uploaded them correctly?
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Trackback at 2:35 pm on May 19th, 2008I’ve uploaded the files, and they do not work for me either. I’m pretty confident that I did it right.
Well, I tried your manual reset the MySQL way, and that worked like a charm. Thanks a bunch!
Hmm, well, that’s a plus
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Trackback at 9:29 pm on June 3rd, 2008The patch did not fix the problem for me either. Are you sure the patch contains the whole fix?
Indeed, I see additional patches are required, looking at the Trac ticket.
It appears that if the wp_users table already contains an activation key, it is not cleared before a new one is generated after installing the patch; thus, the patch appears to not work. In fact, it does.
After installing the patch:
For my account, the link in the reset email still contained an allegedly invalid key. When I had a colleague try, the activation key was indeed 20 characters and her email link did contain a valid key.
Next step is to remove my activation key from the wp_users table and try the password reset again.
Thanks for making the solution available!
Doug
Thanks Doug! I’ve added a link to your comment from the main post, which might help everyone this isn’t working for.
How/Where do I access and edit that wp-user table through the files?
P.S. : You’ll need to use phpMyAdmin or something like it, as it is in your database.