Every once in a while I find myself with access to a WordPress installation’s database before I have an Administrator account created for me. When I need to find which account users have an Administrator role, I use the following MySQL query to get select that list:
SELECT u.ID, u.user_login FROM wp_users u, wp_usermeta m WHERE u.ID = m.user_id AND m.meta_key LIKE 'wp_capabilities' AND m.meta_value LIKE '%administrator%' |
Note: the query above assumes a database prefix of “wp_”. Also, be sure to make sure the meta_key wp_capabilities above uses the database prefix.
After running the WordPress database query above, you’ll see the user accounts that are Administrators. It will look something like this:
+------+------------+ | ID | user_login | +------+------------+ | 1 | edward | | 2 | jimmyjam | | 3 | run | | 1405 | slickrick | | 1658 | e40 | +------+------------+
Ok, I’m not sure if I should have used a “JOIN” instead, but this is a query that will work when you have MySQL access to your WordPress database and you need a list of user accounts that are Administrators. This is how you select user accounts Administrators with MySQL on WordPress database.
