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Should I Hide it?

by Anoopchawla
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Hi Guys,

Currently I am working on making a big authority site using wordpress, but I am a bit concerned about copycats copying my theme.

So I was wondering is it a good practice to hide my theme name by changing the code.

I ask this because the customization might create some problems in future when some update comes or I make some minor change in the template.

I am looking for views from someone who has attempted something similar.
#hide #wordpress theme name
  • Profile picture of the author webcosmo
    I don`t see how you can protect your theme by just changing it`s name? If someone wants to copy it, they just copy it from scratch, by redesigning it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
      It doesn't matter what you change. If the site is "visible" (ie online), it can easily be copied. Best just not to worry about it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    I don't get it... If it is your OWN theme, designed by you from scratch - you can name it whatever you want. Of course, keeping in mind the naming conventions for the style.css file and for the theme folder.

    How exactly can people "copy" your theme? They can look at it and try to build a similarly looking design/layout... but without hacking your site nobody can download the template files and the image files.

    Now, if you are "customizing" a free theme and you are afraid others may look at the name of it and go and download the same theme... that's strange.

    Otherwise I don't understand what are you talking about.
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    • Profile picture of the author SmallBizWebsites
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      .. but without hacking your site nobody can download the template files and the image files...
      Actually, they can, and it is both legal and quite easy. Keep in mind that all your browser does is request the individual css, js, jpeg, html, and other files that make up your site and render them. If a non-browser requests the files, then they can be simply saved to a hard drive. Just Google "Website Downloader" or "Website Copier". For files that are processed on the server, such as PHP files, you get the HTML output.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    For files that are processed on the server, such as PHP files, you get the HTML output.
    And all the WP theme template files are PHP files... which means you can download the end-result, i.e. the html output but NOT the theme with all its PHP files.

    You are right about the image files, though...
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