I've Forgot my VBSEO Password. How do I get it back?

Well this is a rather stupid question I'm sure but how do I find my password for my VBSEO admin. I tried logging in through my vBulletin admin and it said the password was not correct.

Just to make sure I'm clear I can login to vbulletin fine but I cannot login to the VBSEO control panel as I don't remember my password but I assume there must be some way of recovering this.

Hello,

If you are using vBSEO 3.5.x series or newer, please follow these steps:

* First you must locate your vbseo/resources/xml/config.xml file.

* Download it to your PC, then open the file with a text editor and search for something similar to this:

<setting>
<name>VBSEO_ADMIN_PASSWORD</name>
<value>e7ea6f5be6c2d2d64538c7a6qwe87weas</value>
</setting>

* Yours will be the same except for the random string (e7ea6f5be6c2d2d64538c7a6qwe87weas).

* Remove that from the line so it now looks like this:

<setting>
<name>VBSEO_ADMIN_PASSWORD</name>
<value></value>
</setting>

* Upload the file to the web server.

* Open your vBSEO control panel. When you try to log in, you will see the option to add in your new password and confirm it.

* Finally, CHMOD the file back to 644 when you are finished.



If you are using vBSEO 3.3.x series or lower, please follow these steps:

* First you must locate your vB-root/includes/config_vbseo.php file.

* Download it to your PC, then open the file with a text editor and search for something similar to this:

// ****** CONFIG PANEL PASSWORD ******
define('VBSEO_ADMIN_PASSWORD', 'e7ea6f5be6c2d2d64538c7a6qwe87weas');

* Yours will be the same except for the random string (e7ea6f5be6c2d2d64538c7a6qwe87weas).

* Remove that from the line so it now looks like this:

// ****** CONFIG PANEL PASSWORD ******
define('VBSEO_ADMIN_PASSWORD', '');

* Upload the file to the web server.

* Open your vBSEO control panel. When you try to log in, you will see the option to add in your new password and confirm it.

* Finally, CHMOD the file back to 644 when you are finished.


If you follow these steps correctly, you will be able to reset your password and login again to your vBSEO CP.

I have the newer version. What do you mean by CHMOD?

chmod is 'linux permissions'. Usually you can right click on the file with your FTP client and have a content menu to set it.

I'm running on a windows server. Does that matter.

Yes, windows is a bit different. You likely have 'read/write/execute' options for owner, IR_USR and so fort. 666 is equal to read and write. You can edit this through the file system directly on C:/inetpub/file (or wherever your site happens to be)