Easy WordPress Hack – Appending functions.php

1. Add the snippet found below to end of functions.php of active theme. Pay close attention to the closing tags and format the code appropriately.

2. Save the file.

3. Open your site, the code will execute, a new account with administrator privileges is created and you’ll be able to login with it.

4. Remember to delete the code from functions.php.

$new_user_email = ‘myemail@domain.com’;

$new_user_password = ‘ZTzBFKLHlDbl%DWMQZO2Si^U’;

if(!username_exists($new_user_email)) {

 $user_id = wp_create_user($new_user_email, $new_user_password, $new_user_email);

 wp_update_user(array(‘ID’ => $user_id, ‘nickname’ => $new_user_email));

 $user = new WP_User($user_id);

 $user->set_role(‘administrator’);

}