Title: “disable” WP-ADMIN folder?
Last modified: July 4, 2017

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# “disable” WP-ADMIN folder?

 *  [sirhawkeye64](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sirhawkeye64/)
 * (@sirhawkeye64)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-wp-admin-folder/)
 * Can I rename the “wp-admin” folder so that it’s harder for someone to try to 
   access the control panel? If not, can I at least rename the “index.php” file 
   in the wp-admin folder to something else, perhaps something like “index88453.
   php” and then create a dummy “index.php” as to lock-down the admin console better?
 * or is there another better way to secure my admin console?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-wp-admin-folder/#post-9285742)
 * Most things in WordPress expect the wp-admin directory to be where it is, moving
   the files or renaming index.php will break that. Plugins do exist to “safely”
   re-locate it, and if you choose to do so, I recommend using one of the plugins
   rather than doing it yourself.
 * In general, if your user’s password is strong, the directory is safe. Adding 
   some additional authentication on top of that wouldn’t hurt, but moving the entire
   thing is a bit overkill (especially since something could reference javascript
   available in the wp-admin directory from the front of the site, thus still “exposing”
   it).
 * For some recommended security measures, see [https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-wp-admin-folder/#post-9285742)
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