Changing your Zen Cart Admin Directory name

Changing the directory name "admin" to something harder to guess is a very important part of maintaining your cart's security. And it's not hard to do. Here are the step by step instructions:

This page creates a "Random" admin name every time you load it. The name consists of a series of 12 upper and lower case numbers and digits, excluding a handful of characters such as zero, upper case Q and upper case O (for legibility).

Your randomly chosen admin name is:

wbTfJo33MXZk

(Note: Modifying the admin/includes/configure.php file is not required in Zen Cart 1.5.0 and higher) If you are still using Zen Cart 1.3.9 (or still using a 1.3.9 style admin/includes/configure.php file), then edit the file admin/includes/configure.php, and make these three changes:
1. Change
```
define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
```
  to
```
define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/wbTfJo33MXZk/');
```
2. Change
```
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/admin/');
```
  to
```
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/wbTfJo33MXZk/');
```
3. Change
```
define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/slothe/public_html/admin/');
```
  to
```
define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/slothe/public_html/wbTfJo33MXZk/');
```
Rename your admin directory using your file transfer software to wbTfJo33MXZk
Update all your bookmarks, favorites, etc. to use the new URL to your admin panel, http://your-store.com/wbTfJo33MXZk

If your shop is in a subdirectory, the same steps apply. Suppose the subdirectory is called "store".

Change

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/store/admin/');

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/store/wbTfJo33MXZk/');

Change

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/store/admin/');

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', '/store/wbTfJo33MXZk/');

Change

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/slothe/public_html/store/admin/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', '/home/slothe/public_html/store/wbTfJo33MXZk/');

And one last thing: when choosing an admin username, please don't use admin or Admin. Pick something harder to guess!