{"id":3018,"date":"2026-09-18T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=3018"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:39:19","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-change-or-reset-my-password","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/how-do-i-change-or-reset-my-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I change or reset my password?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change your password (when you can log in)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Profile > Security > Change Password<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your current password.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your new password. The strength meter shows how strong it is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm the new password and click <strong>Change My Password<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend changing your password at least once every two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reset your password (if you&#8217;ve forgotten it)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the login page, click <strong>Forgot password?<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow the instructions sent to your registered contact details to set a new password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Too many wrong attempts?<\/strong> After several failed logins, further attempts are blocked for a while to protect your account. Wait before trying again, or reset your password instead of guessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After a password change<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you think someone else knew your old password, open <strong>Profile > Security > Connected Devices<\/strong> and click <strong>Logout All Others<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrations that use your <strong>API key<\/strong> don&#8217;t use your password, so they keep working. If you think the API key was exposed too, regenerate it and update your integrations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change your password (when you can log in) We recommend changing your password at least once every two months. Reset your password (if you&#8217;ve forgotten it) Too many wrong attempts? After several failed logins, further attempts are blocked for a while to protect your account. Wait before trying again, or reset your password instead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1336],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3018","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-security"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":160,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Security","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/security\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3018"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}