diff --git a/bin/noblogs.in b/bin/noblogs.in
index 91cb7103957ab1eabb77f6e13618fdd6ecce6218..980e618bb3fe553f1f1ef53eb74565fd673f8095 100755
--- a/bin/noblogs.in
+++ b/bin/noblogs.in
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ Known commands:
   fix-cdn BLOG
       Sets the correct CDN config.
 
+  rename-plugins BLOG
+      Disables old plugins and enables new ones, when there has been a change in names.
+
 <?php
   exit(1);
 }
@@ -505,6 +508,37 @@ function do_fix_cdn($args){
     }
 }
 
+// handles renaming of plugin: disables the old one, enables the new one
+function do_rename_plugins($args){
+    include_once(NOBLOGS_ROOT . '/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php');
+    $rename = array(
+        'wordpress-popular-post/wordpress-popular-posts.php' => 'wordpress-popular-posts/wordpress-popular-posts.php',
+        'french-creative-commons-license-widget/ccLicense.php' => 'creative-commons-license-widget/ccLicense.php'
+    );
+    foreach ($args as $arg) {
+        $blog = noblogs_get_blog($arg);
+        if (!$blog) {
+            echo "{$arg}: blog not found.\n";
+            continue;
+        }
+        switch_to_blog($blog->blog_id);
+
+        $plugin_dir = NOBLOGS_ROOT . '/wp-content/plugins/';
+        foreach ($rename as $old => $new){
+            if (is_plugin_active( $plugin_dir . $old )){
+                deactivate_plugins($plugin_dir . $old, false, false);
+                $result = activate_plugin($plugin_dir . $new);
+                if (is_wp_error($result)){
+                    echo "{$arg}: " . $result->get_error_message();
+                } else {
+                    echo "{$arg}: $old \n";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        restore_currnt_blog():
+    }
+}
+
 // Command-line parsing.
 $cmd = $argv[1];
 if (!$cmd) {