How to update your WordPress user password without using a plugin

On your WordPress website you may want to update your WordPress user password on there. You can do that without a plugin if you follow these steps on there. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to the functions.php file on there.

1. From the left menu in your wordpress admin you can click on users > your profile on there
2. From that page you go to account management on there
3. You can then click the generate password button on there
4. If you do not like the generated password you can edit it
5. When you are done you can click update profile button on there

Now we recommend that you be very careful when you update the password and that you use a very strong password with a long mix of uppercase and lowercase letters numbers and symbols on there.