Restore Deleted Content in Joomla

Joomla stores deleted articles so that they may be retrieved at a later date.  This article walks you through the process of restoring deleted contant in Joomla.

Emptying the trash in Joomla 1.7

Joomla 1.7 has simplified much of the Joomla content workflow, making things easier and faster to do. However, one of the things that has gotten slightly more complicated is finding and emptying the trash.

How to change or recover Joomla Administrator password

This is the Joomla administrator password recovery form.

This generates the sql code to overwrite your Joomla password with a new password typed in this form.

You need to run the generated sql code in PHPMyAdmin or your favorite MySQL interface.

We do not save or give away these passwords.This is Javascript code and it runs on your own machine.

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Get help the right way

If you believe your Web site was attacked, do not create yet another oh-so-boring post in the Joomla! forums with the title, "Help! I've been hacked." This tells us nothing of importance. The vast majority of compromised sites were not setup correctly or were using obsolete versions of Joomla! or third-party extensions. This is what you need to investigate.

How do you recover or reset your admin password?

This article is for Joomla! CMS Version(s)     

Normally, you can add, edit and delete users and passwords from the back-end User Manager. To do this, you must be logged in as a member of the Super Administrator group.

In some situations, this may not be possible. For example, your site may have been "hacked" and had the passwords or users changed. Or perhaps the person who knew the passwords is no longer available. Or maybe you have forgotten the password that was used.

In these cases, it is still possible to fix up the Joomla! database so you can log back in as a Super Administrator. There are possible methods discussed below.

How to recover your lost admin password in Joomla

At some point in your life you will do something silly and somehow not be able to login to your Joomla install with your admin account.  Your client will change something or you mistype a password….who knows, but it happens from time to time.