Change Content Directory

  • Resolved Ate Up With Motor

    (@ate-up-with-motor)


    3 years, 4 months ago

    I see from the changelog that this feature has been removed. I understand the rationale; my question is, what happens now to the site for which I had previously done this via iThemes Security? The site appears to still be working normally for now (images still load, etc.), and the define( ‘WP_CONTENT_DIR’ ) and define ( ‘ WP_CONTENT_URL’ ) directives are still present in the site’s wp-config.php file, but since these directives were set by iThemes Security, is there a danger that removing the module will change or remove those directives at some point?

    (I actually changed the directory more for aesthetic reasons than ones of security — I recognized at the time that its security-through-obscurity value was very small — but I am obviously concerned about the potential damage if the directory is suddenly renamed back to wp-content!)

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  • Plugin Author Timothy Jacobs

    (@timothyblynjacobs)

    Hi @ate-up-with-motor,

    There won’t be any changes made to your existing site. So if you’ve already adjusted the content directory, that change won’t be reverted. So your site will continue to function as normal.

    Thread Starter Ate Up With Motor

    (@ate-up-with-motor)

    Okay, that’s good to know. Thanks!

    Like I said, it’s one of those things that undoubtedly provides little security benefit, but would cause many problems to unexpectedly revert!

    Plugin Author Timothy Jacobs

    (@timothyblynjacobs)

    No problem, absolutely!

    Good evening, I’m translating my question in the google translator, sorry if you can’t understand me but I have a question.

    what happens now with this update that does not allow changing the directory my site may be exposed to attacks?

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