Plex Media Server default password & login

Media server. Authentication is Plex account-based (plex.tv credentials) — there is no per-server default user/password.

Use these credentials for the very first login to Plex Media Server only. The full vendor documentation linked below explains how to rotate them and harden the install.

Default username
Set during install / first-run wizard
Default password
Set during install / first-run wizard
Default port
32400(Plex)
Default admin URL
http://localhost:32400/web

Notes & recovery

For headless setup use a claim token from plex.tv/claim. To bypass the login pull X-Plex-Token from the admin UI.

Official documentation →

Change the default immediately

Anyone with internet access can try the published default on Plex Media Server. Set a strong, unique password the moment you finish first-time setup, ideally before exposing the service to your LAN.

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