[wp-hackers] Rename wp-admin problems

Mike Schinkel mikeschinkel at newclarity.net
Mon Jul 26 18:09:24 UTC 2010


Have you thought about using a custom .htaccess file to route wp-* to just * and to redirect from any incomIng URLs to their new equivalents?

-Mike


On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:41 PM, WP Customizer <wpcustomizer at gmail.com> wrote:

> NOT true
> 
> wp-admin (user profiles)
> wp-signup.php (creating an account)
> wp-login.php (logging in)
> 
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:15 AM, WP Customizer <wpcustomizer at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> @ Otto: Thats a fairly unusuaul situation.  I image the majority of users
>>> have wp alone in its own folder.  and for using wp in a commercial
>> venture
>>> brading is everything and having wp- splattered all over urls, detracts
>> from
>>> the company's branding.  At the least you should be able to change these
>> by
>>> changing path variables in wp-config.php.
>> 
>> Why would wp be all over your URLs? I think you're doing it wrong.
>> 
>> The public facing URLs are controlled by your permalink settings. Only
>> the backend, which presumably is not accessible to the public, has wp
>> in the URLs.
>> 
>> And for reference, you can redefine the wp-content directory all you
>> like as setting in the config file. That's the only forward facing URL
>> your users might see.
>> 
>> -Otto
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