Please try this: 1) Save the rewrite rules to the file: /absolute/path/to/wp_security.conf. 2) Then include it in your NginX configuration file, with the line: include /absolute/path/to/wp_security.conf; and place it in the server context: server { #… cut … ## # include the Better WP Security configuration file ## include /absolute/path/to/wp_security.conf; location / { try_files $uri … Read more
If you take out the Cookie header, Dev HTTP Client still sends whatever cookies you have for that site. You can verify this with Charles Web Debugging Proxy
WordPress exploited theme is causing high io load on server
wp-config.php file and code injection
Folder Permissions + Security Concerns
Background Updates Not Happening
There are lots of previous answers here on WP Dev for that – such as Completely hide user info – and related security (real or imagined) issues. (Yes, this is a short answer with links, who=ich is frowned upon on Stack Exchange sites.) See Steps to Take to Hide the Fact a Site is Using … Read more
As the article suggests, it’s only a ‘possible’ permissions scheme. So there is no quick answer to ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in terms of settings the correct permission for files/folders in your particular hosting environment. My suggestion is to keep it as ‘out-of-the-box’ unless you run into an issue which requires you to adjust permissions in … Read more
The best way to block access is in the pre_virtualhost.conf or your equivalent httpd configuration file. This code will block any access to yourdomain.com/wp-admin and redirect to a blank page with message, “Denied”. However, it will not block anyone trying to access yourdomain.com/somefolder/wp-admin. <Location /wp-admin> order deny,allow Deny from all allow from localhost 127.0.0.1 207.58.143.240 … Read more
It would be better to use file permissions. However, this doesn’t work with all hosters. Go to your FTP explorer and change the file permissions of an image to 400 (only read for my own user, all others have no right at all). Can you still access this file via the web or do you … Read more