Safer WordPress with these .htaccess additions
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# Don't show errors which contain full path diclosure (FPD) | |
# Use that line only if PHP is installed as a module and not per CGI | |
# try using a php.ini in that case. | |
# Change mod_php5.c to mod_php7.c if you are running PHP7 | |
<IfModule mod_php5.c> | |
php_flag display_errors Off | |
</IfModule> | |
# Don't list directories | |
<IfModule mod_autoindex.c> | |
Options -Indexes | |
</IfModule> | |
# PROTECT install.php | |
# Uncomment or change to 'Allow from all' for install of WordPress | |
<Files install.php> | |
Order Allow,Deny | |
Deny from all | |
Satisfy all | |
</Files> | |
# Protect XMLRPC (needed for Apps, Offline-Blogging-Tools, Pingback, etc.) | |
# If you use that, these tools will not work anymore | |
<Files xmlrpc.php> | |
Order Deny,Allow | |
Deny from all | |
</Files> | |
# If you don't use the Database Optimizing and Post-by-Email features, turn off the access too: | |
<FilesMatch "(repair|wp-mail)\.php"> | |
Order Deny,Allow | |
Deny from all | |
</FilesMatch> | |
# Prevent browser and search engines to request .log (e.g. WP DEBUG LOG) and .txt (e.g. plugins readme) files. | |
# Must be placed in /wp-content/.htaccess | |
<FilesMatch "\.(log|txt)$"> | |
Order Allow,Deny | |
Deny from all | |
</FilesMatch> | |
# Hide WordPress, system & sensitive files | |
<FilesMatch "(^\.|wp-config(-sample)*\.php)"> | |
Order Deny,Allow | |
Deny from all | |
</FilesMatch> | |
# Protect some other files | |
<FilesMatch "(liesmich.html|readme.html|license.txt|(.*)\.bak)"> | |
Order Deny,Allow | |
Deny from all | |
</FilesMatch> | |
# Block the include-only files. | |
# Do not use in Multisite without reading the note in Codex! | |
# See: https://wordpress.org/support/article/hardening-wordpress/#securing-wp-includes | |
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> | |
RewriteEngine On | |
RewriteBase / | |
RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L] | |
RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3] | |
# If you run multisite, comment the next line out (see note above) | |
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L] | |
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L] | |
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L] | |
</IfModule> | |
# Set some security related headers | |
# See: http://de.slideshare.net/walterebert/die-htaccessrichtignutzenwchh2014 (GERMAN) | |
<IfModule mod_headers.c> | |
Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff | |
Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" | |
# The line below is an advanced method for a more secure configuration, please see documentation before usage! | |
# Introduction: https://scotthelme.co.uk/content-security-policy-an-introduction/ | |
# http://www.heise.de/security/artikel/XSS-Bremse-Content-Security-Policy-1888522.html (German) | |
# Documentation: https://content-security-policy.com/ | |
# Analysis: https://securityheaders.io/ | |
# Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; img-src 'self' http: https: *.gravatar.com;" | |
</IfModule> | |
# Allow WordPress Embed | |
# https://gist.github.com/sergejmueller/3c4351ec29576fb441fe | |
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c> | |
SetEnvIf Request_URI "/embed/$" IS_embed | |
<IfModule mod_headers.c> | |
Header set X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN env=!REDIRECT_IS_embed | |
</IfModule> | |
</IfModule> | |
#Force secure cookies (uncomment for HTTPS) | |
<IfModule mod_headers.c> | |
#Header edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;Secure | |
</IfModule> | |
#Unset headers revealing versions strings | |
<IfModule mod_headers.c> | |
Header unset X-Powered-By | |
Header unset X-Pingback | |
Header unset SERVER | |
</IfModule> | |
# Filter Request Methods | |
# See: https://perishablepress.com/disable-trace-and-track-for-better-security/ | |
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> | |
RewriteEngine on | |
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC] | |
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [F,L] | |
</IfModule> |
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I had an issue with this, but due to using a managed WordPress I couldn't edit the .htaccess files or they didn't seem to be working. I needed this fix because a Wordpress site I administer failed a payment processor security scan with the error "Non-HttpOnly Session Cookies Identified".
I was able to pass the scan with the following gist added to my functions.php.
https://gist.github.com/dgallegos/1a7373002e5f9959315b0a6c31bd72ac