Rename wp-content Folder and Uploads – WordPress
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1.Rename “wp-content” Directory :
Renaming of wp-content directory helps to hide your WordPress information from the hacker. You can rename your wp-content directory with your desired name. Here i will rename it as “public_files”.
By the following code will change the name of wp-content. First of all open your wp-config.php from your WordPress root directory and find the following line.
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
And paste the following code above this line
define ( 'WP_CONTENT_FOLDER' , 'public_files' ); define( 'WP_SITEURL' , 'http://' .$_SERVER[ 'HTTP_HOST' ] . '/' ); define( 'WP_CONTENT_URL' ,WP_SITEURL . WP_CONTENT_FOLDER);
And remember you need to rename you wp-content folder by using FTP or your C Panel . Here i renamed it as “public_files“. You can use your desired one.
2. Rename “Uploads” Directory :
The same thing we have to do for uploads directory. By the way , we have two options to configure it.
i. define it on your wp-config.php file.
ii. write a small php function to change it dynamically.
i. Use wp-config.php :
Open your wp-config.php and find the following line.
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
and paste the following line of code above the line.
//If you'd like it inside the wp-content folder, specify path like this: define( 'UPLOADS', 'wp-content/'.'medias' ); //If you'd like it outside the wp-content folder, specify path like this: define( 'UPLOADS', ''.'medias' ); //Custom upload path define( 'UPLOADS', ''.'medias' );
that’s it the changes. Now your default uploads directory is changed accordingly.
ii. PHP code to change uploads directory:
Add the following code to your theme “functions.php”. It will change your uploads directory when the theme is activated.
function kv_custom_medias_dir( $pathdata ) { $subdir = '/medias'.$pathdata['subdir']; $pathdata['path'] = str_replace($pathdata['subdir'], $subdir, $pathdata['path']); $pathdata['url'] = str_replace($pathdata['subdir'], $subdir, $pathdata['url']); $pathdata['subdir'] = str_replace($pathdata['subdir'], $subdir, $pathdata['subdir']); return $pathdata; } add_filter('upload_dir' , 'kv_custom_medias_dir');
Now you have done the changes. If you have any doubts and bug’s just drop a comment here.
Renaming of wp-content directory affects your installed theme and plugins. Several plugins use wp-content directly instead of functions to get the path name.
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