Hey,
I have not signed into my MT in about a year... I forgot my username and password as well as apparently there is a "Password recovery word/phrase" I have no clue what this would be either... Is there any way I can get around this or find out my creds?
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Do your published pages show an author name? This may be your login name, but not necessarily. If you have access to the MySQL database you can browse the mt_author table to see the list of available login names.
Unfortunately, MT doesn't have a password recovery system. The "Password recovery word/phrase" is pretty useless since it's jsut something else to remember. If you forgot your password, you likely don't remember the "Password recovery word/phrase" either.
I'm sure it's too late for the original poster, but, for any getting this thread via Google or the search here, this may be useful.
Do you have access to the underlying database? If so, a quick glance at the mt_author field will be helpful, as you can see the e-mail address and password hint used for your account.
Note that the password is encrypted, so you can't just edit that field and enter your desired password.
Nonetheless, this should at least get you to where you can use the account recovery mechanism. After supplying the username and password hint, the system will e-mail a new password.