Changing Your Password

One of the first things you might want to do after setting up your blog is to change your password. Although the WordPress-generated password is secure, it isn't very easy to remember. You may want to change it to a password that's easier to remember.

To change your password

1.	On the Dashboard, click the Users button. The Your Profile administration panel appears (Figure 28). Figure 28. The Your Profile administration panel is where you set your personal account preferences.
2.	Scroll down to the Update Your Password section (Figure 29). Figure 29. Enter the same new password in each box.
3.	Enter the same new password in each box.
4.	Click the Update Profile button at the bottom of the page. After a moment, a note near the top of the page confirms that your profile has been updated.

Tips

• We tell you more about Users options, including the Your Profile administration panel, in Chapter 5.

• On a WordPress.com blog, a note near the top of the Your Profile administration panel may provide an API key. This string of characters, which should be kept secret, is used for additional WordPress-compatible services, such as the Akismet anti-spam service. We explain how to use Akismet in Chapter 4.