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Admin users of WordPress have full control of the website and all the
capabilities and can access everything in the admin area. So in case, you want Laravel

to add an admin user in WordPress with a code, then you have to write the code PHP
in the functions.php file.
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So, in this article, we will learn how to add an admin user in WordPress using WooCommerce

the functions.php file. WordPress

You can do this with FTP (FileZilla) OR through cPanel directly.

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When you forget the username/email address and password, and if your site
hacked and you are not able to login to the admin dashboard, then you may
need to add a new admin user using code in the functions.php file. TIPS & TRICKS

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Add an Admin User in WordPress Using
functions.php file (With FTP)

To add an admin user in WordPress, you need an FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
client-server on your computer. You can use FileZilla OR Cyberduck.

OK. Let’s connect to the website through FTP credentials. When you are
connected and able to see your website files. You will see the screen below.

FTP – Connected to the Website

Then move on to your active theme’s functions.php file by visit the following
path.

/root/wp-content/themes/your-active-theme/functions.php

I’ll suggest you use a child theme to add the custom code. Here are step by
step guide on how to create a WordPress child theme

And here you will see the functions.php file. To edit this functions.php file with
right-click on it and then click the View/Edit option. It will open the file in the
editor and you can edit it now.

FTP – Edit the functions.php file

When the file opened in the editor, you have to add a custom function code at
bottom of the file. So add the below code in your theme’s functions.php file and
save it and upload it through FTP.

1 //add a new admin user to WordPress

2 add_action( 'init', 'add_new_admin_user');
3 function add_new_admin_user() {
4
5 $username = 'wsername';
6 $password = 'password';
7 $email_address = 'your@email.com';
8
9 if ( ! username_exists( $username ) && !email_exists(
10 $user_id = wp_create_user( $username, $password, $e
11 $user = new WP_User( $user_id );
12 $user->set_role( 'administrator' );
13 }
14 }

NOTE: Remember to replcae $username, $password, and $email_address

variable’s values with your own values.

The above code will execute when finished the loading of your website from the
frontend.

We used the init action hook for this. You can read more about init
here.

Now visit the WordPress admin login page and sign with the username and
password that you have just created. You will see, you can log in to the admin
dashboard area now.

OK. Now open your functions.php file again and remove that function from the
file.

NOTE: Don’t worry. It will not remove the user from the WordPress that you have
just added.

Add an Admin User in WordPress (With cPanel)

For this method, you must have cPanel access to edit the file of your website.

To add an admin user in WordPress using cPanel, follow the below steps:

Login to your cPanel account

Open the active theme folder

You will see the functions.php here

Right click on the functions.php file and click on the Edit option

It will open the file in edit mode and you can add the above function in this
file at bottom

Save it and test with your username and password

Once it done, remove that function from file and save it

That’s it

Hope you understand this article about how to add an admin user in WordPress
using functions php file. If you still have any questions, you can ask me in the
comment section, I’ll help you with that.

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