Renaming installing Plugin

  • We have a plugin that is installed and used by many users. We want rebrand the plugin under a different name. So, we are thinking of renaming the name and description of the existing plugin, plus the logo too.

    We want to understand if anyone else has done similar before. What impact could it have? What are the things that we need to think about? Is it better to release the plugin with the new name and abandon the current one?

    It would be great if someone can help us on this. Thank you.

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by wpdev2022. Reason: Add Thank you note
    • This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress topic
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  • Check out https://wppb.me/ – it will make a “boilerplate” template for you, where you’ll be able to enter your desired “Plugin Title”, etc.

    NOTE: You don’t have to use the boilerplate beyond the purpose of just to gain a better understanding how and where in the code a Plugin is titled, and where that code goes in your own files, etc. You could just use it to populate the Plugin info fields for you, then copy / paste the resulting code into what you have already.
    ??
    E.g. search your current plugin files using a utility like GREP to find where the text “Plugin name:” is located (just like that, with the colon).

    If you don’t already use a DIFF utility, I recommend https://winmerge.org/ WinMerge (if you’re a Windows user.) Exam Diff is also good, and less complicated.

    Use DIFF to see what’s different in the code, without having to visually scan everything manually. E.g. Left panel code = your old code | Right panel panel code = whatever new file you might create, or download from wherever to learn how to name your stuff as you wish.

    Good luck!

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by ajaxStardust. Reason: formatting

    English is my 3rd-language, and I often miss the obvious ??

    But I understood this to be that @wpdev2022 is the current owner of the plugin, and wants to rebrand their own plugin. The question then wouldn’t be about a technical “how-to” guide to rebrand someone’s plugin as their own… but more of insights into the rebranding experience to help make a go/no-go decision.

    I may be totally wrong though, and that wouldn’t be the first ??

    Doh!

    I believe you are correct, @gappiah !

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