Nginx Redirect via Proxy, Rewrite and Preserve URL

First, you shouldn’t use root directive inside the location block, it is a bad practice. In this case it doesn’t matter though. Try adding a second location block: location ~ /some/path/(?<section>.+)/index.html { proxy_pass http://192.168.1.24/$section/index.html; proxy_set_header Host $host; } This captures the part after /some/path/ and before index.html to a $section variable, which is then used … Read more

Where does wordpress gets its core and plugin updates

Why would you even want n automatic update in such a setting? bit orgs rarely allow just random software being installed without testing it first. In any case, this is unlikely to be achievable in a sane way unless you limit yourself only to plugins from the wordpress.org repository as any “pro” type of plugin … Read more

WP API and Proxy

Using a proxy is important when you cannot store your authentication credentials securely. One encounters this problem when building single page applications with client-side JavaScript Frameworks like Angular or Ember. This blog entry by Alex Bilbie nicely summarises the issue. As a side project, involving a Angular/Ionic/Cordova application and WordPress, I’m building a proxy plugin … Read more