{"id":20361,"date":"2017-11-08T12:56:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T10:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hetzner.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=20361"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:22:08","slug":"update-wordpress-database-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/update-wordpress-database-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the database password for WordPress sites via konsoleH"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress makes use of a database for much of its functionality. <\/span>For shared servers (Web Hosting and Volume Plan), this database lives on a specialised database server, separate from the web server that hosts your WordPress website. For Managed Servers, the database is on the same web server as the content.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the database password is reset for security reasons, then the wp-config.php<\/strong> file included with your web files also needs to be updated accordingly, or else the website will break.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Change your database passwords via konsoleH<\/h2>\n

In this step, you will change your database password on the database server.<\/p>\n

Note: Subdomains and Multiple Domains make use of databases from the primary\/ parent hosting package, so you need to log in to the main account domain.<\/p>\n

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  1. Browse to konsoleH<\/a><\/strong> and log in\u00a0at Admin or Domain level<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Admin level: Select or search for the applicable domain<\/li>\n
  3. Select Manage Services<\/b>\u00a0in the left-hand menu<\/li>\n
  4. Select Databases ><\/strong>\u00a0Manage MySQL<\/b><\/li>\n
  5. Select the applicable database and click Reset Passwords\"\"<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n
  6. Manage MySQL\u00a0<\/strong>\n