Change administrator path in joomla 2.5

Question

I`ve been using joomla from past 2 years. As joomla is a very popular CMS for php lovers so hackers are always trying to deface the website in joomla. Anyone can easily detect the website is using on joomla or any other programming language by using wappanalyzer software. In joomla we can access the administrator panel by typing http://phalana.com/administrator.

So my question is how to change the /administrator to something else so that hackers will not get to the administrator panel. So far i've seen the number of extensions in official joomla directory But still something is lacking on it.Can anyone help me to change the administrator path.

Answer 1

Changing /administrator is a very bad idea for a lot of reasons top amongst, ironically, is security. Apart from that it:

• breaks lots of components
• cuts you off from easy application of security updates
• the effects of renaming are unknown from a security point of view

The best way to secure Joomla's /administrator area is to follow some simple steps...

1. Add realm authentication to the /administrator directory that way unless you hacker manages to figure out the username and password they're stumped.
2. Use an extension like JSecure or Akeeba's Admin tools (both allow your to set a "secret word" on the administrator URL) or check the extensions already available in the Login Protection section of the Joomla! Extension directory (called JED for short). N.B. I personally like Admin tools the most, with the /administrator?secreword, their application firewall and the .htaccess maker.
3. Follow the advice on the Joomla Doc's website Security Checklist

Personally we do all of these things and a bit more... as we keep telling people.