Add a new admin magento phpmyadmin
Here are the steps to add a new admin user in Magento using PHPMyAdmin:
Prerequisites:
- You have access to your Magento database using PHPMyAdmin.
- You have the database username and password.
Step 1: Log in to PHPMyAdmin
Open PHPMyAdmin and log in using your database username and password.
Step 2: Select the Magento database
In the PHPMyAdmin dashboard, select the Magento database from the list of databases.
Step 3: Navigate to the admin_user
table
In the Magento database, navigate to the admin_user
table. This table contains all the admin users in your Magento store.
Step 4: Insert a new row
Click on the "Insert" tab at the top of the page to insert a new row into the admin_user
table.
Step 5: Fill in the required fields
Fill in the required fields as follows:
username
: Enter a unique username for the new admin user.email
: Enter the email address for the new admin user.password
: Enter a password for the new admin user. You can use a password generator tool to generate a strong password.firstname
andlastname
: Enter the first name and last name for the new admin user.role_id
: Set this to2
for a standard admin user.is_active
: Set this to1
to enable the new admin user.
Step 6: Save the changes
Click on the "Go" button to save the changes.
Step 7: Log in to Magento as the new admin user
Open your Magento store's admin dashboard and log in using the new admin user's credentials.
Note: Make sure to update the admin_user
table in the Magento database to reflect the new admin user's role and permissions. You can do this by running the following SQL query:
UPDATE admin_user SET role_id = 2 WHERE username = '<new_username>';
Replace <new_username>
with the actual username you created in Step 5.
That's it! You have successfully added a new admin user in Magento using PHPMyAdmin.