How to view / change a password for the admin dashboard of the WordPress instance via WP Toolkit?

Ivan Kamnev

Updated January 13, 2026 19:09

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How to view/change a password for the admin dashboard of the WordPress instance via the Plesk WP Toolkit extension?

For Plesk Onyx 17.8 and newer

Log into Plesk.
Go to Domains > example.com > WordPress and press on the [setup] button:
To change the current password:
Specify a new password into the New Password field and press the Change button.

To see the current password:
Press on the highlighted button as shown on the screenshot below:

For Plesk Onyx 17.0 and 17.5

Log into Plesk.
Go to Domains > example.com > WordPress_instance_name.
Press the [change login settings] button:
In the next appeared window press the Show button to see the current password or [change] button to edit it:
After pressing of [change] button specify a new password and press the OK button to apply the changes.