UPDATE 2024/03: Perfect .htaccess file for highspeed and security. You can use it for every WordPress-Website without problems. Highspeed and Security - testet on hundreds of Websites. If you are using a WordPress Multisite, change the last part of this file.

.htaccess

########################################################################
# OPTIMAL .htaccess FILE FOR SPEED AND SECURITY @Version 2.0.9 - 03/2024
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# @Author: Andreas Hecht
# @Author URI: https://seoagentur-hamburg.com
# License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
# License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
########################################################################


# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Rewrite from HTTP to HTTPS - if you want to use it, comment it out
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#RewriteEngine On
#RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
#RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
#</IfModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Activate CORS                                                  
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    <FilesMatch "\.(ttf|ttc|otf|eot|woff|woff2|font.css|css|js|mjs|gif|png|jpe?g|svg|svgz|ico|webp)$">
        Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
    </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | 404 Fix: Block Nuisance Requests for Non-Existent Files - New in 2018  
#   https://perishablepress.com/block-nuisance-requests - @Update 2019
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_alias.c>
	RedirectMatch 403 (?i)\.php\.suspected
	RedirectMatch 403 (?i)apple-app-site-association
	RedirectMatch 403 (?i)/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
</IfModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Compressing and Caching - Version 2022 Update javascript modules                |
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Serve resources with far-future expires headers.
#
# (!) If you don't control versioning with filename-based
# cache busting, you should consider lowering the cache times
# to something like one week.
#
# https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_expires.html

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive on
    ExpiresDefault                                      "access plus 1 month"

  # CSS
    ExpiresByType text/css                              "access plus 1 year"

  # Data interchange
    ExpiresByType application/atom+xml                  "access plus 1 hour"
    ExpiresByType application/rdf+xml                   "access plus 1 hour"
    ExpiresByType application/rss+xml                   "access plus 1 hour"

    ExpiresByType application/json                      "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/ld+json                   "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/schema+json               "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/vnd.geo+json              "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/xml                       "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType text/xml                              "access plus 0 seconds"

  # Favicon (cannot be renamed!) and cursor images
    ExpiresByType image/vnd.microsoft.icon              "access plus 1 week"
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon                          "access plus 1 week"

  # HTML - No Caching
    ExpiresByType text/html                             "access plus 0 seconds"

  # JavaScript
    ExpiresByType application/javascript                "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript              "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType text/javascript                       "access plus 1 year"

  # Manifest files
    ExpiresByType application/manifest+json             "access plus 1 week"
    ExpiresByType application/x-web-app-manifest+json   "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest                   "access plus 0 seconds"
    
# Update 2020: Google recommendation: cache duration increased to 1 year
# @see: https://web.dev/uses-long-cache-ttl/    

  # Media files
    ExpiresByType audio/ogg                             "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/bmp                             "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/gif                             "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg                            "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/png                             "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml                         "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/webp                            "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType video/mp4                             "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType video/ogg                             "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType video/webm                            "access plus 1 year"

  # Web fonts

    # Embedded OpenType (EOT)
    ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject         "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/eot                              "access plus 1 year"

    # OpenType
    ExpiresByType font/opentype                         "access plus 1 year"

    # TrueType
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf                "access plus 1 year"

    # Web Open Font Format (WOFF) 1.0
    ExpiresByType application/font-woff                 "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff               "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/woff                             "access plus 1 year"

    # Web Open Font Format (WOFF) 2.0
    ExpiresByType application/font-woff2                "access plus 1 year"

  # Other
    ExpiresByType text/x-cross-domain-policy            "access plus 1 week"
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
# Insert filters / compress text, html, javascript, css, xml:
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/vtt 
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/x-component
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/js
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-php
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-fastphp
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml 
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/ld+json 
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject 
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/font-woff2
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-woff
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-web-app-manifest+json font/woff
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/woff 
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon 

# Exception: Images
SetEnvIfNoCase REQUEST_URI \.(?:gif|jpg|jpeg|png|svg)$ no-gzip dont-vary

# Drop problematic browsers
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

# Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>

#Alternative caching using Apache's "mod_headers", if it's installed.
#Caching of common files - ENABLED
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|swf|js|mjs|css|gif|png|jpg|jpeg|txt|woff2|woff)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public"
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  <FilesMatch "\.(js|mjs|css|xml|gz)$">
    Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

# Set Keep Alive Header
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Connection keep-alive
</IfModule>

# If your server don't support ETags deactivate with "None" (and remove header)
<IfModule mod_expires.c> 
  <IfModule mod_headers.c> 
    Header unset ETag 
  </IfModule> 
  FileETag None 
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
<FilesMatch ".(js|mjs|css|xml|gz|html|woff|woff2|ttf)$">
Header append Vary: Accept-Encoding
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | 8G Firewall for Security - Do not change this part @Update 03/2024
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# 8G FIREWALL v1.3 20240222
# https://perishablepress.com/8g-firewall/

# 8G:[CORE]
ServerSignature Off
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# 8G:[QUERY STRING]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(%2d|-)[^=]+$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ([a-z0-9]{4000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(:|%3a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (etc/(hosts|motd|shadow)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(\*|%2a)(\*|%2a)(/|%2f) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (`|<|>|\^|\|\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (f?ckfinder|f?ckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (localhost|127(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)0(\.|%2e)1) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (cmd|command)(=|%3d)(chdir|mkdir)(.*)(x20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (globals|mosconfig([a-z_]{1,22})|request)(=|\[) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)((wp-)?config)((\.|%2e)inc)?((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (absolute_|base|root_)(dir|path)(=|%3d)(ftp|https?) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (s)?(ftp|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\.|20)(get|the)(_|%5f)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((boot|win)((\.|%2e)ini)|etc(/|%2f)passwd|self(/|%2f)environ) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (((/|%2f){3,3})|((\.|%2e){3,3})|((\.|%2e){2,2})(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (benchmark|char|exec|fopen|function|html)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (php)([0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (e|%65|%45)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(l|%6c|%4c)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (/|%2f)(=|%3d|$&|_mm|cgi(\.|-)|inurl(:|%3a)(/|%2f)|(mod|path)(=|%3d)(\.|%2e)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(e|%65|%45)(m|%6d|%4d)(b|%62|%42)(e|%65|%45)(d|%64|%44)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(i|%69|%49)(f|%66|%46)(r|%72|%52)(a|%61|%41)(m|%6d|%4d)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(o|%4f|%6f)(b|%62|%42)(j|%4a|%6a)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3c)(.*)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(.*)(>|%3e) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(i|%69|%49)(n|%6e|%4e)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(r|%72|%52)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(l|%6c|%4c)(e|%65|%45)(c|%63|%43)(t|%74|%54)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\+|%2b|%20)(u|%75|%55)(p|%70|%50)(d|%64|%44)(a|%61|%41)(t|%74|%54)(e|%65|%45)(\+|%2b|%20) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\\x00|(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0(\"|%22|\'|%27)?(=|%3d)(\"|%22|\'|%27)?0|cast(\(|%28)0x|or%201(=|%3d)1) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (g|%67|%47)(l|%6c|%4c)(o|%6f|%4f)(b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(l|%6c|%4c)(s|%73|%53)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (_|%5f)(r|%72|%52)(e|%65|%45)(q|%71|%51)(u|%75|%55)(e|%65|%45)(s|%73|%53)(t|%74|%54)(=|\[|%[0-9A-Z]{2,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (j|%6a|%4a)(a|%61|%41)(v|%76|%56)(a|%61|%31)(s|%73|%53)(c|%63|%43)(r|%72|%52)(i|%69|%49)(p|%70|%50)(t|%74|%54)(:|%3a)(.*)(;|%3b|\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (b|%62|%42)(a|%61|%41)(s|%73|%53)(e|%65|%45)(6|%36)(4|%34)(_|%5f)(e|%65|%45|d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45|n|%6e|%4e)(c|%63|%43)(o|%6f|%4f)(d|%64|%44)(e|%65|%45)(.*)(\()(.*)(\)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (@copy|\$_(files|get|post)|allow_url_(fopen|include)|auto_prepend_file|blexbot|browsersploit|call_user_func_array|(php|web)shell|curl(_exec|test)|disable_functions?|document_root) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (elastix|encodeuricom|exploit|fclose|fgets|file_put_contents|fputs|fsbuff|fsockopen|gethostbyname|ghost|grablogin|hmei7|hubs_post-cta|input_file|invokefunction|(\b)load_file|open_basedir|outfile|p3dlite) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (pass(=|%3d)shell|passthru|phpinfo|phpshells|popen|proc_open|quickbrute|remoteview|root_path|safe_mode|shell_exec|site((.){0,2})copier|sp_executesql|sux0r|trojan|udtudt|user_func_array|wget|wp_insert_user|xertive) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (;|<|>|\'|\"|\)|%0a|%0d|%22|%27|%3c|%3e|%00)(.*)(/\*|alter|base64|benchmark|cast|concat|convert|create|encode|declare|delay|delete|drop|hex|insert|load|md5|null|replace|request|script|select|set|sleep|truncate|unhex|update) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ((\+|%2b)(concat|delete|get|select|union)(\+|%2b)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (union)(.*)(select)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (concat|eval)(.*)(\(|%28) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F]

	# RewriteRule .* /nG_log.php?log [END,NE,E=nG_QUERY_STRING:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 8G:[REQUEST URI]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (,,,) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (-------) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\^|`|<|>|\\|\|) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (=?\\(\'|%27)/?)(\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(\*|\"|\'|\.|,|&|&amp;?)/?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(php)(\()?([0-9]+)(\))?(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /((.*)header:|(.*)set-cookie:(.*)=) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.(s?ftp-?)config|(s?ftp-?)config\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(f?ckfinder|fck/|f?ckeditor|fullclick) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((force-)?download|framework/main)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\{0\}|\"?0\"?=\"?0|\(/\(|\.\.\.|\+\+\+|\\\") [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(vbull(etin)?|boards|vbforum|vbweb|webvb)(/)? [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.|20)(get|the)(_)(permalink|posts_page_url)(\() [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (///|\?\?|/&&|/\*(.*)\*/|/:/|\\\\|0x00|%00|%0d%0a) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(cgi_?)?alfa(_?cgiapi|_?data|_?v[0-9]+)?(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (thumbs?(_editor|open)?|tim(thumbs?)?)((\.|%2e)php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((boot)?_?admin(er|istrator|s)(_events)?)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/%7e)(root|ftp|bin|nobody|named|guest|logs|sshd)(/) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (archive|backup|db|master|sql|wp|www|wwwroot)\.(gz|zip) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(\.?mad|alpha|c99|php|web)?sh(3|e)ll([0-9]+|\w)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(admin-?|file-?)(upload)(bg|_?file|ify|svu|ye)?(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(etc|var)(/)(hidden|secret|shadow|ninja|passwd|tmp)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (s)?(ftp|http|inurl|php)(s)?(:(/|%2f|%u2215)(/|%2f|%u2215)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(=|\$&?|&?(pws|rk)=0|_mm|_vti_|cgi(\.|-)?|(=|/|;|,)nt\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(ds_store|htaccess|htpasswd|init?|mysql-select-db)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(bin)(/)(cc|chmod|chsh|cpp|echo|id|kill|mail|nasm|perl|ping|ps|python|tclsh)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(::[0-9999]|%3a%3a[0-9999]|127\.0\.0\.1|ccx|localhost|makefile|pingserver|wwwroot)(/)? [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/)(123|backup|bak|beta|bkp|default|demo|dev(new|old)?|home|new-?site|null|old|old_files|old1)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)?j((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?v((\s)+)?a((\s)+)?s((\s)+)?c((\s)+)?r((\s)+)?i((\s)+)?p((\s)+)?t((\s)+)?(%3a|:) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/)(old-?site(back)?|old(web)?site(here)?|sites?|staging|undefined|wordpress([0-9]+)|wordpress-old)(/)?$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(filemanager|htdocs|httpdocs|https?|login|mailman|mailto|msoffice|undefined|usage|var|vhosts|webmaster|www)(/) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\(null\)|\{\$itemURL\}|cast\(0x|echo(.*)kae|etc/passwd|eval\(|null(.*)null|open_basedir|self/environ|\+union\+all\+select) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(db-?|j-?|my(sql)?-?|setup-?|web-?|wp-?)?(admin-?)?(setup-?)?(conf\b|conf(ig)?)(uration)?(\.?bak|\.inc)?(\.inc|\.old|\.php|\.txt) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((.*)crlf-?injection|(.*)xss-?protection|__(inc|jsc)|administrator|author-panel|cgi-bin|database|downloader|(db|mysql)-?admin)(/) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(haders|head|hello|helpear|incahe|includes?|indo(sec)?|infos?|install|ioptimizes?|jmail|js|king|kiss|kodox|kro|legion|libsoft)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(awstats|document_root|dologin\.action|error.log|extension/ext|htaccess\.|lib/php|listinfo|phpunit/php|remoteview|server/php|www\.root\.) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (base64_(en|de)code|benchmark|curl_exec|e?chr|eval|function|fwrite|(f|p)open|html|leak|passthru|p?fsockopen|phpinfo)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (posix_(kill|mkfifo|setpgid|setsid|setuid)|(child|proc)_(close|get_status|nice|open|terminate)|(shell_)?exec|system)(.*)(\(|%28)(.*)(\)|%29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((c99|php|web)?shell|crossdomain|fileditor|locus7|nstview|php(get|remoteview|writer)|r57|remview|sshphp|storm7|webadmin)(.*)(\.|%2e|\(|%28) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /((wp-)((201\d|202\d|[0-9]{2})|ad|admin(fx|rss|setup)|booking|confirm|crons|data|file|mail|one|plugins?|readindex|reset|setups?|story))(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(^$|-|\!|\w|\.(.*)|100|123|([^iI])?ndex|index\.php/index|3xp|777|7yn|90sec|99|active|aill|ajs\.delivery|al277|alexuse?|ali|allwrite)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(analyser|apache|apikey|apismtp|authenticat(e|ing)|autoload_classmap|backup(_index)?|bakup|bkht|black|bogel|bookmark|bypass|cachee?)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(clean|cm(d|s)|con|connector\.minimal|contexmini|contral|curl(test)?|data(base)?|db|db-cache|db-safe-mode|defau11|defau1t|dompdf|dst)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(elements|emails?|error.log|ecscache|edit-form|eval-stdin|export|evil|fbrrchive|filemga|filenetworks?|f0x|gank(\.php)?|gass|gel|guide)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(logo_img|lufix|mage|marg|mass|mide|moon|mssqli|mybak|myshe|mysql|mytag_js?|nasgor|newfile|news|nf_?tracking|nginx|ngoi|ohayo|old-?index)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(olux|owl|pekok|petx|php-?info|phpping|popup-pomo|priv|r3x|radio|rahma|randominit|readindex|readmy|reads|repair-?bak|robot(s\.txt)?|root)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(router|savepng|semayan|shell|shootme|sky|socket(c|i|iasrgasf)ontrol|sql(bak|_?dump)?|support|sym403|sys|system_log|test|tmp-?(uploads)?)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)(traffic-advice|u2p|udd|ukauka|up__uzegp|up14|upa?|upxx?|vega|vip|vu(ln)?(\w)?|webroot|weki|wikindex|wordpress|wp_logns?|wp_wrong_datlib)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/)((wp-?)?install(ation)?|wp(3|4|5|6)|wpfootes|wpzip|ws0|wsdl|wso(\w)?|www|(uploads|wp-admin)?xleet(-shell)?|xmlsrpc|xup|xxu|xxx|zibi|zipy)(\.php) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (bkv74|cachedsimilar|core-stab|crgrvnkb|ctivrc|deadcode|deathshop|dkiz|e7xue|eqxafaj90zir|exploits|ffmkpcal|filellli7|(fox|sid)wso|gel4y|goog1es|gvqqpinc) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (@md5|00.temp00|0byte|0d4y|0day|0xor|wso1337|1h6j5|3xp|40dd1d|4price|70bex?|a57bze893|abbrevsprl|abruzi|adminer|aqbmkwwx|archivarix|backdoor|beez5|bgvzc29) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (handler_to_code|hax(0|o)r|hmei7|hnap1|home_url=|ibqyiove|icxbsx|indoxploi|jahat|jijle3|kcrew|keywordspy|laobiao|lock360|longdog|marijuan|mod_(aratic|ariimag)) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (mobiquo|muiebl|nessus|osbxamip|phpunit|priv8|qcmpecgy|r3vn330|racrew|raiz0|reportserver|r00t|respectmus|rom2823|roseleif|sh3ll|site((.){0,2})copier|sqlpatch|sux0r) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (sym403|telerik|uddatasql|utchiha|visualfrontend|w0rm|wangdafa|wpyii2|wsoyanzo|x5cv|xattack|xbaner|xertive|xiaolei|xltavrat|xorz|xsamxad|xsvip|xxxs?s?|zabbix|zebda) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(7z|ab4|ace|afm|alfa|as(h|m)x?|aspx?|aws|axd|bash|ba?k?|bat|bin|bz2|cfg|cfml?|cgi|cms|conf\b|config|ctl|dat|db|dist|dll|eml|eng(ine)?|env|et2|exe|fec|fla|git(ignore)?)$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(hg|idea|inc|index|ini|inv|jar|jspa?|lib|local|log|lqd|make|mbf|mdb|mmw|mny|mod(ule)?|msi|old|one|orig|out|passwd|pdb|php\.(php|suspect(ed)?)|php([^\/])|phtml?|pl|profiles?)$ [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (\.)(psd|pst|ptdb|production|pwd|py|qbb|qdf|rar|rdf|remote|save|sdb|sql|sh|soa|svn|swf|swl|swo|swp|stx|tar|tax|tgz?|theme|tls|tmb|tmd|wok|wow|xsd|xtmpl|xz|ya?ml|za|zlib)$ [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F]

	# RewriteRule .* /nG_log.php?log [END,NE,E=nG_REQUEST_URI:%1___%2___%3]

</IfModule>

# 8G:[USER AGENT]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ([a-z0-9]{2000,}) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (&lt;|%0a|%0d|%27|%3c|%3e|%00|0x00|\\\x22) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (ahrefs|archiver|curl|libwww-perl|pycurl|scan) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (oppo\sa33|(c99|php|web)shell|site((.){0,2})copier) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (base64_decode|bin/bash|disconnect|eval|unserializ) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (acapbot|acoonbot|alexibot|asterias|attackbot|awario|backdor|becomebot|binlar|blackwidow|blekkobot|blex|blowfish|bullseye|bunnys|butterfly|careerbot|casper) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (checkpriv|cheesebot|cherrypick|chinaclaw|choppy|clshttp|cmsworld|copernic|copyrightcheck|cosmos|crescent|datacha|(\b)demon(\b)|diavol|discobot|dittospyder) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (dotbot|dotnetdotcom|dumbot|econtext|emailcollector|emailsiphon|emailwolf|eolasbot|eventures|extract|eyenetie|feedfinder|flaming|flashget|flicky|foobot|fuck) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (g00g1e|getright|gigabot|go-ahead-got|gozilla|grabnet|grafula|harvest|heritrix|httracks?|icarus6j|jetbot|jetcar|jikespider|kmccrew|leechftp|libweb|liebaofast) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (linkscan|linkwalker|loader|lwp-download|majestic|masscan|miner|mechanize|mj12bot|morfeus|moveoverbot|netmechanic|netspider|nicerspro|nikto|ninja|nominet|nutch) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (octopus|pagegrabber|petalbot|planetwork|postrank|proximic|purebot|queryn|queryseeker|radian6|radiation|realdownload|remoteview|rogerbot|scan|scooter|seekerspid) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (semalt|siclab|sindice|sistrix|sitebot|siteexplorer|sitesnagger|skygrid|smartdownload|snoopy|sosospider|spankbot|spbot|sqlmap|stackrambler|stripper|sucker|surftbot) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (sux0r|suzukacz|suzuran|takeout|teleport|telesoft|true_robots|turingos|turnit|vampire|vikspider|voideye|webleacher|webreaper|webstripper|webvac|webviewer|webwhacker) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (winhttp|wwwoffle|woxbot|xaldon|xxxyy|yamanalab|yioopbot|youda|zeus|zmeu|zune|zyborg) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F]

	# RewriteRule .* /nG_log.php?log [END,NE,E=nG_USER_AGENT:%1]

</IfModule>

# 8G:[REMOTE HOST]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} (163data|amazonaws|colocrossing|crimea|g00g1e|justhost|kanagawa|loopia|masterhost|onlinehome|poneytel|sprintdatacenter|reverse.softlayer|safenet|ttnet|woodpecker|wowrack) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F]

	# RewriteRule .* /nG_log.php?log [END,NE,E=nG_REMOTE_HOST:%1]

</IfModule>

# 8G:[HTTP REFERRER]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (order(\s|%20)by(\s|%20)1--) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (@unlink|assert\(|print_r\(|x00|xbshell) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (100dollars|best-seo|blue\spill|cocaine|ejaculat|erectile|erections|hoodia|huronriveracres|impotence|levitra|libido|lipitor|mopub\.com|phentermin) [NC,OR]
	RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} (pornhelm|pro[sz]ac|sandyauer|semalt\.com|social-buttions|todaperfeita|tramadol|troyhamby|ultram|unicauca|valium|viagra|vicodin|xanax|ypxaieo) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F]

	# RewriteRule .* /nG_log.php?log [END,NE,E=nG_HTTP_REFERRER:%1]

</IfModule>

# 8G:[HTTP COOKIE]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} (<|>|\'|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F]

	# RewriteRule .* /nG_log.php?log [END,NE,E=nG_HTTP_COOKIE:%1]

</IfModule>

# 8G:[REQUEST METHOD]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(connect|debug|move|trace|track) [NC]

	RewriteRule .* - [F]

	# RewriteRule .* /nG_log.php?log [END,NE,E=nG_REQUEST_METHOD:%1]

</IfModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Block WordPress files from outside access
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------	

# No access to the install.php
<files install.php>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</files>
 
# No access to the wp-config.php 
<files wp-config.php>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</files>
 
# No access to the readme.html
<files readme.html>
 Order Allow,Deny
 Deny from all
 Satisfy all
</Files>
 
# No access to the liesmich.html for DE Edition
<Files liesmich.html>
 Order Allow,Deny
 Deny from all
 Satisfy all
</Files>
 
# No error log access 
<files error_log>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</files>

#No access to the .htaccess und .htpasswd
<FilesMatch "(\.htaccess|\.htpasswd)">
  Order deny,allow
  Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

# Block access to includes folder
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]
RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
</IfModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# | Blocking the »ReallyLongRequest« Bandit - New in 2018  
#   https://perishablepress.com/blocking-reallylongrequest-bandit/
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} .* [NC]
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST}  (YesThisIsAReallyLongRequest|ScanningForResearchPurpose) [NC,OR]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (YesThisIsAReallyLongRequest|ScanningForResearchPurpose) [NC]
    RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Ultimate hotlink protection - IMPORTANT: Change »?domain\« in line 361 to your domain name
#   Example: ?andreas-hecht\ ### if you do not use https, change https in line 361 to http
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# RewriteEngine on
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}     !^$
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$           [NC]
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}     !^https?://([^.]+\.)?domain\. [NC]
# RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$                             - [F,NC,L]
#</ifModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Block WordPress Author Scans
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wp-json/wp/v2/users [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (author=\d+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ – [NC,F,L]
</ifModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Protect your WordPress Login with HTTP Authentification
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# If you want to use it, comment it out and set your path to .htpasswd
#<Files wp-login.php>
#AuthName "Admin-Bereich"
#AuthType Basic
#AuthUserFile /usr/local/www/apache24/your-path/your-domain.com/.htpasswd 
#require valid-user
#</Files>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Switch off the security risk XML-RPC interface completely
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

### @see https://digwp.com/2009/06/xmlrpc-php-security/

<Files xmlrpc.php>
 Order Deny,Allow
 Deny from all
</Files>


# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  HTTP SECURITY HEADER | Test on: https://securityheaders.com | UPDATE 05/2022
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

### @see https://scotthelme.co.uk/hardening-your-http-response-headers
### UPDATE 2022

## No-Referrer-Header
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Referrer-Policy "no-referrer"
</IfModule>

## Strict Origin when cross origin Header
#@see https://scotthelme.co.uk/a-new-security-header-referrer-policy/
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
</IfModule>

## X-FRAME-OPTIONS-Header
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set X-Frame-Options "sameorigin"
</IfModule>

## X-XSS-PROTECTION-Header
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
</IfModule>

## X-Content-Type-Options-Header
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
</IfModule>

## Strict-Transport-Security-Header - for HTTPS
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
   Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"
</IfModule>


# Upgrade Insecure Requests to prevent mixed content
<ifModule mod_headers.c>
  Header always set Content-Security-Policy "upgrade-insecure-requests"
</IfModule>

# Permissions Policy is a new header that allows a site to control which features and APIs can be used in the browser.
## Tutorial: https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-permissions-policy/blob/main/permissions-policy-explainer.md
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header always set Permissions-Policy "geolocation=(), midi=(),sync-xhr=(),accelerometer=(), gyroscope=(), magnetometer=(), camera=(), fullscreen=(self)"
</IfModule>

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# The original WordPress Rewrite Rules - Do not change anything here, 
# except you are using a WordPress Multisite
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# BEGIN WordPress.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress