[wp-hackers] [Suggestion] Relocate some installation/upgrading files

[Jason goldsmith]

wp- prefix is very important. It lets you run worpress within a
website that might have other admin functionality without making you
run the blog in a subfolder on the site

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:29:28 +0800, Goghs Cheng <chenggao at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The existed file hierarchy of WP (including cvs) places those
> installation/upgrading/data-importing related files under wp-admin/
> directory directly. Personally I think it's not a good idea.
> 
> Obviously many users, especially new users who dont understand WP too
> much, may leave those files  as they are after installation or
> upgrading. Because these files have intensive database operations, if
> there is any potential security problem in these files, entire WP
> installation may compromise.
> 
> For those scripts used to import data from other blog tools, they are
> only onetimer if used.
> 
> So my suggestion is to put them in separate directory or directries as
> wp-install, wp-tool etc.
> And WP manual should instruct users to delete this(these)
> directory/directories after installation/upgrading/importing.
> 
> BTW, I have a question, that's why we need directory names as
> wp-admin/, wp-include/? Why not admin/, include/? For a WP
> installation, wp- prefix seems redundant.
> 
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