Answers.Body: <p>This is the MySQL password and not the WordPress administrator password.  If you used the same MySQL database for WordPress and CiviCRM, check <code>wp-config.php</code> in the root of your WordPress installation to find the password.</p>
  
  <p>If you used separate databases (or you're not sure), find <code>civicrm.settings.php</code>.  On a new install, this should be in <code>&lt;webroot&gt;/wp-content/uploads/civicrm</code>.  Open it in a text editor and look for a line that looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>define('CIVICRM_DSN', 'mysql://&lt;mysql_user&gt;:&lt;mysql_password&gt;@127.0.0.1:3306/&lt;mysql_database&gt;?new_link=true');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The password should be everything after the second colon and before the @ sign.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> there's a very similar-looking like that starts with:
  <code>define( 'CIVICRM_UF_DSN'</code>.  This contains your WordPress connection info and not your CiviCRM connection info.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for the responses Jenni and Jon. Both of you referred to a singular database/password. Perhaps this is where my confusion comes from: I'm assuming Civi created a completely new and separate database from my Wordpress database (which I do know the password to). So, to clarify, are you saying that the Civi data is in the Wordpress database that was already there?
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Answers.Text: @JP6805 I'm sorry - I made some assumptions about how you installed.  You can install CiviCRM data into its own database, or into the WordPress database.  I'll edit my answer above to give a more definitive answer.
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Answers.Text: That said - I know that the WordPress installer recently got overhauled to auto-fill this info, it used to be you defined it yourself.  It sounds like maybe we need a fresh set of eyes to see if there's a usability issue now.
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Answers.Text: Installer was for 4.7.27 and it auto-filled that password field, just to confirm for you. I have no idea what database it installed to, as it did not give me an option.
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Answers.Text: Yes thanks for that, I see now that Civi used the same database as WP.
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Answers.Body: <p>The database admin should be the one for your actual database - which is created in your hosting account. Unless the WP install is <em>very</em> different from Drupal, the database admin information that goes in my installer is what is assigned in my control panel for the database in question.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Instructions were here: <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/</a></p>
  
  <p>I downloaded the zip to my local computer, then ftp uploaded it to my web server. I created the /wp-content/plugins/files/ directory and ensured it is writable.</p>
  
  <p>I'm not using Localization so I skipped that section.</p>
  
  <p>I then enabled the CiviCRM plugin and ran the installer. I filled in the database settings, and it continued on with the Check Requirements and Install CiviCRM which completed successfully.</p>
  
  <p>The part I don't understand is that the installer assigns a database administrator name and password, however the password is starred out ***** so I do not know what it is. I don't get the point of this, how can I possibly maintain or recover the database if I don't have the password credentials???</p>
  
  <p>I thought that after the install it would email me those credentials but it appears to be top secret so that even me, the administrator, cannot know it. How do I obtain this password?</p>
  
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Title: CiviCRM Wordpress Installer Database Instructions incorrect?
ThreadText: # CiviCRM Wordpress Installer Database Instructions incorrect?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-06)
  
  Instructions were here: <https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/install/wordpress/>
  
  I downloaded the zip to my local computer, then ftp uploaded it to my web server. I created the /wp-content/plugins/files/ directory and ensured it is writable.
  
  I'm not using Localization so I skipped that section.
  
  I then enabled the CiviCRM plugin and ran the installer. I filled in the database settings, and it continued on with the Check Requirements and Install CiviCRM which completed successfully.
  
  The part I don't understand is that the installer assigns a database administrator name and password, however the password is starred out \*\*\*\*\* so I do not know what it is. I don't get the point of this, how can I possibly maintain or recover the database if I don't have the password credentials???
  
  I thought that after the install it would email me those credentials but it appears to be top secret so that even me, the administrator, cannot know it. How do I obtain this password?
  
  **Tags:** database
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-06. Score: 1
  
  This is the MySQL password and not the WordPress administrator password.  If you used the same MySQL database for WordPress and CiviCRM, check wp-config.php in the root of your WordPress installation to find the password.
  If you used separate databases (or you're not sure), find civicrm.settings.php.  On a new install, this should be in /wp-content/uploads/civicrm.  Open it in a text editor and look for a line that looks like:
  define('CIVICRM_DSN', 'mysql://:@127.0.0.1:3306/?new_link=true');
  
  The password should be everything after the second colon and before the @ sign.
  Note: there's a very similar-looking like that starts with:
  define( 'CIVICRM_UF_DSN'.  This contains your WordPress connection info and not your CiviCRM connection info.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the responses Jenni and Jon. Both of you referred to a singular database/password. Perhaps this is where my confusion comes from: I'm assuming Civi created a completely new and separate database from my Wordpress database (which I do know the password to). So, to clarify, are you saying that the Civi data is in the Wordpress database that was already there?  
  > **username_1**: @username_0 I'm sorry - I made some assumptions about how you installed.  You can install CiviCRM data into its own database, or into the WordPress database.  I'll edit my answer above to give a more definitive answer.  
  > **username_1**: That said - I know that the WordPress installer recently got overhauled to auto-fill this info, it used to be you defined it yourself.  It sounds like maybe we need a fresh set of eyes to see if there's a usability issue now.  
  > **username_0**: Installer was for 4.7.27 and it auto-filled that password field, just to confirm for you. I have no idea what database it installed to, as it did not give me an option.  
  > **username_0**: Yes thanks for that, I see now that Civi used the same database as WP.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-06. Score: 0
  
  The database admin should be the one for your actual database - which is created in your hosting account. Unless the WP install is *very* different from Drupal, the database admin information that goes in my installer is what is assigned in my control panel for the database in question.
  
  
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