How to change magento connect url

Question

I have to change magento connect manager url sitename.com/downloader to sitename.com/customurl but don't have a idea how to change it can anyone help me

Answer 1

Just rename the folder. Don't forget to refresh your ignore files, these should be ignored:

.cache
cache.cfg
connect.cfg

If you want to use Magento Connect from your admin, you can set the new URL here:

app/code/core/Mage/Connect/controllers/Adminhtml/Extension/LocalController.php

Answer 2

I think you can just change the name of the folder from /downloader to /customurl

Please refer to this topic: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21095977/how-i-change-the-magento-connect-manager-location

Answer 3

Here is a very good steps in the article for Restrict access to Magento downloader

https://magentary.com/kb/restrict-access-to-magento-downloader/