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title: "How to change the name of a Joomla 2.5 Plugin"
description: "Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. If you're following..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-2-5/change-plugin-name/
date: 2012-06-19
modified: 2021-06-04
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 2.5"]
tags: ["Joomla v2.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---
# How to change the name of a Joomla 2.5 Plugin
Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life [here](https://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_CMS_versions).
If you’re following along with our tutorial series on creating plugins for Joomla 2.5, you’ll notice that the name of our plugin is **plg_content_helloworld**. This is not an ideal plugin name, and in this Joomla 2.5 tutorial we’ll show you how to rename a plugin.
The following table shows where in the xml file this name is set, and where you see the plugin name in your Joomla 2.5 admin:
| Declaration in the plugin’s xml file: | Screenshot of where the plugin name is seen: |
| --- | --- |
| plg_content_helloworld | [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_joomla25_create-plugin-tutorial_plugin-name-as-shown-in-Joomla-admin.gif) |
If you would like to change the name of your plugin, you’ll need to update the plugin’s xml file. Find and change the **name** attribute from *plg_content_helloworld* to *Hello World*. After making this change, you’ll need to uninstall and then reinstall the plugin. After making these changes, the following are our results:
| Updated name in the plugin’s xml file: | Updated plugin name as seen from Admin view: |
| --- | --- |
| Hello World | [](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/edu_joomla25_create-plugin-tutorial_updated-plugin-name.gif) |