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Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life · 08-05-2009, 10:19 PM

basically wondering if there is an easy fix for hiding the fact that you're running wordpress. rename the directories and such. making /wp-admin/ and so on, something entirely different and unnoticeable? so someone would have to say, visit yourdomain.com/goatcheese/ to reach the administrative panel? anything to cover all the tracks that make it obvious you're running wp....

Max Cannon · 08-05-2009, 10:58 PM

It's impossible, plugins like this will find them all
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11899

And all the biggest blogs on the net use WP anyways, but any seasoned veteran can tell WP just by looking at the site, url structures etc

fris · 08-05-2009, 11:27 PM

its possible, but a lot of hacking would need to be done, and a waste of time

GrouchyAdmin · 08-06-2009, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by fris

its possible, but a lot of hacking would need to be done, and a waste of time

This is pretty much it.

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shuki · 08-06-2009, 03:47 AM

What is your reasoning for wanting to hide it? Besides the WP detector add on...there are grease monkey scripts that will tell you the version of that as well as the type of analytics it is using.

Tjeezers · 08-06-2009, 04:37 AM

wp-admin can be masked
use a plug that gives you the option to theme your admin page
Wordpress.org
I used it also, but i dished it cause it creates in your PAGE structure a extra page called login, and this i didnt liked

seeandsee · 08-06-2009, 05:04 AM

uh will they recode WP, this shit is going to my hack nerves

raymor · 08-06-2009, 05:31 AM

It's pretty simple to rename wp-admin and maybe a couple of other
major directories so that the spiders that try random sites don't find
you. I agree with the other posters that hiding it well, so that people
visiting your site couldn't tell it was Wordpress, would be extremely
difficult and not worth the time. If the purpose is security, Wordpress
has recently come out with a very significant security update which
eliminates several major classes of possible hacks. Not just specific
known issues are taken care of, but whole large classes of possible
attacks. Keeping up to date and possibly restricting admin access by
IP address are probably better uses of time.

fris · 08-06-2009, 07:40 AM

ive been running wordpress since its came out and ive never been hacked before, its common sense really.

gwidomains · 08-06-2009, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

basically wondering if there is an easy fix for hiding the fact that you're running wordpress. rename the directories and such. making /wp-admin/ and so on, something entirely different and unnoticeable? so someone would have to say, visit yourdomain.com/goatcheese/ to reach the administrative panel? anything to cover all the tracks that make it obvious you're running wp....

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08-05-2009, 10:19 PM	#1
Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life (felis madjewicus) Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In Mom & Dad's Basement Posts: 20,368	hiding wordpress's identity? basically wondering if there is an easy fix for hiding the fact that you're running wordpress. rename the directories and such. making /wp-admin/ and so on, something entirely different and unnoticeable? so someone would have to say, visit yourdomain.com/goatcheese/ to reach the administrative panel? anything to cover all the tracks that make it obvious you're running wp....

08-05-2009, 11:27 PM	#3
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,359	its possible, but a lot of hacking would need to be done, and a waste of time __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff

08-06-2009, 03:47 AM	#5
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08-06-2009, 04:37 AM	#6
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08-05-2009, 10:58 PM	#2
Max Cannon Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 277	It's impossible, plugins like this will find them all https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11899 And all the biggest blogs on the net use WP anyways, but any seasoned veteran can tell WP just by looking at the site, url structures etc

08-06-2009, 05:31 AM	#8
raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	It's pretty simple to rename wp-admin and maybe a couple of other major directories so that the spiders that try random sites don't find you. I agree with the other posters that hiding it well, so that people visiting your site couldn't tell it was Wordpress, would be extremely difficult and not worth the time. If the purpose is security, Wordpress has recently come out with a very significant security update which eliminates several major classes of possible hacks. Not just specific known issues are taken care of, but whole large classes of possible attacks. Keeping up to date and possibly restricting admin access by IP address are probably better uses of time. __________________ For historical display only. This information is not current: support@bettercgi.com ICQ 7208627 Strongbox - The next generation in site security Throttlebox - The next generation in bandwidth control Clonebox - Backup and disaster recovery on steroids

08-06-2009, 07:40 AM	#9
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,359	ive been running wordpress since its came out and ive never been hacked before, its common sense really. __________________ Since 1999: 69 Adult Industry awards for Best Hosting Company and professional excellence. WP Stuff