Is there a way to rename “themes” directory name?

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By defining TEMPLATEPATH, STYLESHEETPATH, WP_CONTENT_DIR and WP_CONTENT_URL merely affect the naming changes to wp-content.

Is there any way to redefine the theme path and plugin path, so the new path can propagate through function calls such as get_options or bloginfo?

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  1. For themes you can use register_theme_directory() function to add additional directories for WP to be aware of. I don’t think I ever seen this used in practice, so not sure if there are any complications possible.

    For plugins you can define WP_PLUGIN_DIR and WP_PLUGIN_URL constants in wp-config.php.

  2. You can change the wp-content folder which changes the plugin and theme dir. To do this you put change the folder location and put these two lines in your wp-config.php file:

    define ('WP_CONTENT_DIR','/full/path/to/your/content/dir');
define ('WP_CONTENT_URL','http://example.com/full/path/to/your/content/dirs/url');

    Just be aware that some plugins and themes are badly coded and may break because they are hard coded to look at the wp-content dir.