HowTo: Mediawiki Reset a User Password
If you need to reset a user password in MediaWiki, you can do so by following these steps:
- Log in to your MediaWiki website with an administrative account.
- Navigate to the user's profile by searching for their name in the search bar or by clicking on their name if it's visible on a page.
- Click on the "User rights" link in the left-hand navigation bar.
- Scroll down to the "Change password" section and click on the "Generate" button next to "New password".
- You can either copy and paste the generated password to give it to the user or you can click the "Save" button to set the password and send a notification email to the user with the new password.
- If you choose to send the email, MediaWiki will prompt you to confirm that you want to send the email.
- After the password has been reset, the user can log in with the new password and change it to something more memorable.
