WHM change the Default prefix for wp- wordpress site creation

AthensMatt

• March 24, 2015 15:59

Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place, I'm happy to post it somewhere else just let me know where. I'm new to WHM but am moving all our sites to WHM and hopefully our people will like it. We host many sites that use Wordpress. My question is this, When my customers create a Wordpress site on my server, I want it to change the prefix from wp- to something like wp-123456-. I don't want to do this manually since we will allow them to create more sites if they choose. So I want this automated by the server. Is there a config file on the WHM server that I could edit to make any new Wordpress site change the prefix to wp-123456-(whatever)? Thanks in advance for the help!! Matt

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 25, 2015 16:49

  Hello, It's not supported, but you can adjust the prefix value configured in:
  /usr/local/cpanel/cpaddons/cPanel/Blogs/WordPress.pm
  EX:
  table_prefix => 'wp234',
  Note that you will need to develop a script that automatically updates the value in this file anytime the cPAddon is refreshed or updated through the upcp process. Also, ensure you enable "Allow cPAddons Site Software installations from modified sources" under the "cPAddons Site Software" tab in "WHM >> Tweak Settings". Thank you.

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  AthensMatt

  • April 03, 2015 13:15

  Thank you!

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  AthensMatt

  • April 03, 2015 15:18

  Hello, It's not supported, but you can adjust the prefix value configured in:
  /usr/local/cpanel/cpaddons/cPanel/Blogs/WordPress.pm
  EX:
  table_prefix => 'wp234',
  Note that you will need to develop a script that automatically updates the value in this file anytime the cPAddon is refreshed or updated through the upcp process. Also, ensure you enable "Allow cPAddons Site Software installations from modified sources" under the "cPAddons Site Software" tab in "WHM >> Tweak Settings". Thank you.

  
  Michael, I don't seem to be getting the desired result. All files are still wp-"whatever" instead of wp234-"whatever". I've made the change to the WordPress.pm, and the tweak setting change. But each new test site I create has the conventional default naming. I'm assuming I'm making a small mistake somewhere. I've attached a pic for reference. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! 27751 27761

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 09, 2015 13:48

  Hello, I was under the impression you wanted to change the database prefix. You should consult with WordPress to see if changing the file names is supported:

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