Basically, just change it.
Be sure the theme is not active; rename theme folder (generally you would do this on your PC/Mac prior to upload via FTP).
For example we change the name of our folder to our news network name.
Just change it from /Newspaper/ to something like /StyleBaron/ or whatever you website name happens to be — be careful NOT to name it the same as a category, post, plugin name, or WordPress function, just to be safe — like, don’t name it VisualComposer for example, or JetPack if you’re using jetpack, is tempting fate! hypehen and underlines can be used, like my-cool-mag … although I’d likely limit to 2 words, no reason you can’t do more.
If using a child theme you likely might need to check the style.css to make sure it points to the right place. I don’t use child themes, so if you don’t then it won’t apply to you either.
There is also an awesome resource called Google for many things like this — WP has been around over 10 years, so this is a very common question you can often answer yourself vs waiting for a reply here — not that anything wrong with that, or looking for pointers here from others who have already done the deed. đ
(pardon typos; this keyboard starting to die as is my brain …)
I am not familiar with that plugin — like most things, why not try it and see what happens?
You can MANUALLY hide your assets == like hide your WordPress /wp-content/ folder? You can generally move the /wp-content/ folder to something like /assets/ — most properly written WP themes and plugins will reference the locale of the 'WP_CONTENT_DIR' variable.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Moving_wp-content_folder
Also know it’s almost impossible to fully hide the fact you’re using WordPress from the folks who know what to look for in doing a Google search. But that sure doesn’t hurt !
I generally agree with what Steven said.
Of course, major hackbots actually go after ALL sites running WordPress, and even folders with /wp-content/ or /wp-admin/ simply by doing Google search.
It’s of utmost importance to keep your core WP files updated for all the security patches.
It’s imperative to learn about security strategies:
1) rename your admin account to something else — you should NEVER have account called “admin”
2) use tools like “limit login attempts”
3) consider disabling pingbacks and XMLRPC unless you have absolute need for them
4) make sure your host has system in place like IPTables/CSF for auto-blocking port scans and basic probing of server.
5) delete old plugins and themes you are NOT using — 5 year old theme in your theme folder might be hackable. Just because it’s off doesn’t mean the php files are not still there (!).
6) check your site/domain error logs from time to time to look for folks from certain IPS generating large amount of errors; have your host add them to a block list, or in some cases you can do so with htaccess if not other method.
7) try not to have any “account signup” forms on your site; make sure any contact forms do NOT send auto emails back to the sender — instant spam engine.
8) subscribe to security blogs like Securi which keep up on major WP hackables
9) don’t install any plugins which have not been updated in 2015 unless you’re 100% sure they are safe as they may not have the security updates of recent months
10) don’t install free plugins “found on the web” on some random website (don’t trust “glowing reviews” from junk WP review sites which are affiliate link farms!)
Use common sense, be proactive in having a security PLAN like regular safe backups, etc. and “be careful out there!”
Chris
