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I like the simplicity of wordpress and all it has to offer, but for security purposes I would like to change the actual (or viewable) directory structure of my site.

The install has a set of files that everybody who's familiar with wordpress will know about. I have read about some security measures some where that suggests changing the file/directory structure of a wordpress site to increase the level of security. This would prevent someone from knowing right away if a site wordpress based or not.

I have no idea how to do this, but I think using the htaccess might be a solution. Im also concerned about future updates and is there a way to change the actual (or viewable) file structure without effecting updates.

I would appreciate some advice on this. Thanks for any help on the matter!

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    Changing names is not a security feature. We discuss this each week again …
    – fuxia ♦
    Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 15:00
  • @toscho, I dont want to change names I want to change the directory structure. Maybe by moving the wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes somewhere else but to in a way not to cause any problems with how wordpress operates...
    – user1893
    Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 15:07
  • Our search engine offers some answers to your question: wordpress.stackexchange.com/search?q=rename+directory
    – fuxia ♦
    Commented Mar 20, 2012 at 15:23

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This has been answered many times. Search this site, as toscho points out above.

And see Ben Word - Hide WordPress, who shows how to:

1 - Clean up the output of wp_head and removing the generator from RSS feeds

2 - Hide /wp-content/ by rewriting static theme assets (CSS, JS, and images), rewriting the plugins directory, and also changing the location of WordPress uploads

3 - Clean up the output of navigation menus with a custom walker

4 - Show root relative URLs

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