Title: Rename Plugins Folder
Author: Jose Mortellaro
Published: <strong>17 de febrero de 2021</strong>
Last modified: 21 de mayo de 2026

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# Rename Plugins Folder

 Por [Jose Mortellaro](https://profiles.wordpress.org/giuse/)

[Descargar](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rename-plugins-folder.0.0.1.zip)

 * [Detalles](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-plugins-folder/#description)
 * [Valoraciones](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-plugins-folder/#reviews)
 *  [Instalación](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-plugins-folder/#installation)
 * [Desarrollo](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-plugins-folder/#developers)

 [Soporte](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/)

## Descripción

Usually, for security reasons, people rename any kind of folder, but they don’t 
rename the plugins folder.

Renaming the plugins folder makes the protection of your website stronger.

Bad robots scan the net to find websites that have vulnerable plugins.

Most of the time they detect the plugins by checking the path wp-content/plugins
in the page HTML.

If instead of wp-content/plugins the path is for example wp-content/extensions, 
probably the bad robot will not detect any plugin.

This plugin just renames the plugins folder and updates the wp-config.php file to
make work your website with the new folder name.

It doesn’t save anything in the database.

It’s for the users who don’t know how to modify the wp-config.php file, if you know
it, of course you don’t really need this plugin.

We recommend making a backup before renaming the plugins folder, especially of the
file wp-config.php, so you can easily go back in case you have issues.

Issues may occur if your theme or one of your plugins doesn’t follow the best practices
to refer to the plugins folder.

Normally, the authors of themes and plugins know that they must refer to the plugins
folder by adopting best practices.

If one of your plugins or the theme gives issues, we suggest restoring the original
folder name but writing the author of the plugin that was giving the issue.

You will find the options in Plugins => Rename Plugins Folder

### How to rename the plugins folder

 1. Install and activate the plugin Rename Plugins Folder
 2. To be very sure, make a backup of the file wp-config.php that is included in the
    main directory
 3. Go to Plugins => Rename Plugins Folder
 4. Assign a new name for the plugins folder
 5. Click on «Rename»

### Demo

If you want to have a look at the backend before installing the plugin, you can 
see the demo on [https://wpdemo.net/](https://wpdemo.net/demos/plugins/rename-plugins-folder)

## Capturas

[⌊Inspecting elements you should see the new plugins folder name⌉⌊Inspecting elements
you should see the new plugins folder name⌉[

Inspecting elements you should see the new plugins folder name

[⌊Plugins settings in Plugins => Rename Plugins Folder⌉⌊Plugins settings in Plugins
=> Rename Plugins Folder⌉[

Plugins settings in Plugins => Rename Plugins Folder

## Instalación

 1. Upload the entire `rename-plugins-folder` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` 
    directory or install it using the usual installation button in the Plugins administration
    page.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. After successful activation you will be automatically redirected to the plugin 
    global settings page.
 4. All done. Good job!

## Reseñas

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e1ea150078d1648afa9bb4bee6104e9038a5b36ebeaedf3b7c8b45d7eaacf7f5?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[The best plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-plugin-368/)󠁿

 [Klodi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/albania/) 3 de mayo de 2024 1 respuesta

Good job. Has any way to change the wp-content Folder?

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Simply Brilliant!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simply-brilliant-88/)󠁿

 [rickstar123](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rickstar123/) 19 de abril de 2021 
1 respuesta

A very simple plugin that does exactly what it says. I was about to get my hands
dirty and start messing around with the wp-config.php, but this did it all in 5 
seconds flat and saved me the stress of messing it up. Thank you so much.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Perfect for lazy people](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-for-lazy-people/)󠁿

 [DOT – Lord G.](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wihoming/) 25 de febrero de 2021
1 respuesta

Simple and light as a feather. One more tool for site security.

 [ Leer todas las 3 reseñas ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/)

## Colaboradores y desarrolladores

«Rename Plugins Folder» es un software de código abierto. Las siguientes personas
han colaborado con este plugin.

Colaboradores

 *   [ Jose Mortellaro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/giuse/)

«Rename Plugins Folder» está traducido en 1 idioma. Gracias a [los traductores](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rename-plugins-folder/contributors)
por sus contribuciones.

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### ¿Interesado en el desarrollo?

[Revisa el código](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/rename-plugins-folder/),
echa un vistazo al [repositorio SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/rename-plugins-folder/)
o suscríbete al [registro de desarrollo](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rename-plugins-folder/)
por [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/rename-plugins-folder/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Registro de cambios

#### 0.0.1

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Versión **0.0.1**
 *  Última actualización **hace 4 semanas**
 *  Instalaciones activas **300+**
 *  Versión de WordPress ** 4.6 o superior **
 *  Probado hasta **7.0**
 *  Versión de PHP ** 5.6 o superior **
 *  Idiomas
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/rename-plugins-folder/) y [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-plugins-folder/).
 *  [Traducir a tu idioma](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/rename-plugins-folder)
 * Etiqueta:
 * [security](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
 *  [Vista avanzada](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/rename-plugins-folder/advanced/)

## Valoraciones

 5 de 5 estrellas.

 *  [  3 valoraciones de 5 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 4 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 3 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 2 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 1 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/#new-post)

[Ver todas las valoraciones](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/rename-plugins-folder/reviews/)

## Colaboradores

 *   [ Jose Mortellaro ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/giuse/)

## Soporte

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