Hey guys. I think I’m in trouble. This is my first time using WordPress, so I’ve been just trying to figure things out through tutorials. Long story short, as I was trying to build my website earlier I was like “let me start from the beginning”. So I followed another tutorial to reset wordpress. I didn’t backup ( because I didn’t really have anything to back, so I was like what’s the point”. As soon as I reset, I was logged out of WordPress (not dreamhost) and when I tried to enter again and restart on the website, it gave me the “sorry you are not allowed to access this page” error message. I reset my password (didn’t know what else to try). It reset successfully but when I tried to login again same thing happened.
Does anyone know for sure how to fix this?
And pleaaaaase no lecturing.
1. Use the file manager tool at Dreamhost to edit your `wp-config.php` file.
2. Change the value of `$table_prefix` to anything else.
3. Save the file.
4. Visit site and follow the WP install process again.
By default, the table prefix is `wp_`. Your host may have changed that for security purposes. Change it to something like `r4nD0My_wp_`.
Simple way out if you did not require the old installation is to delete it and just re-install a fresh wordpress, I guess you should have softaculous with one click WP installed with your hosting provider. The reason I am saying so is if you miss anything with old installation it will require lot more time to toubleshoot ..best is start fresh installation.