Check out the [`wp_cookie_constants()`][1] and [`ms_cookie_constants()`][2] functions, to see available cookies. Test #1 ------- We can try this in the `wp-config.php` file: define( 'COOKIEHASH', md5( 'http://example.tld' ) ); define( 'USER_COOKIE', 'wpse_user_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'PASS_COOKIE', 'wpse_pass_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'AUTH_COOKIE', 'wpse_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE', 'wpse_sec_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'LOGGED_IN_COOKIE', 'wpse_logged_in_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'TEST_COOKIE', 'wpse_test_cookie' ); where we must adjust the site url `http://example.tld` to our needs. Test #2 ------- If we want to use the already defined `COOKIEHASH` constant, then it's to early to hook into `muplugins_loaded`. We might therefore try the `registered_taxonomy` hook, but I haven't tested it yet: add_action( 'registered_taxonomy', function() { if( ! did_action( 'registered_taxonomy' ) && function_exists( 'wpse_cookie_constants' ) ) wpse_cookie_constants(); }); function wpse_cookie_constants() { if( ! defined( 'COOKIEHASH' ) ) return; define( 'USER_COOKIE', 'wpse_user_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'PASS_COOKIE', 'wpse_pass_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'AUTH_COOKIE', 'wpse_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE', 'wpse_sec_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'LOGGED_IN_COOKIE', 'wpse_logged_in_' . COOKIEHASH ); define( 'TEST_COOKIE', 'wpse_test_cookie' ); } But I also wonder, as @PieterGoosen, why you need to change it. [1]: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_cookie_constants/ [2]: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/ms_cookie_constants/