WordPress Hardening via .htaccess

gistfile1.txt

# Block the include-only files.
# 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]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
</IfModule>

# Block wp-config.php
# https://wordpress.org/support/article/hardening-wordpress/#securing-wp-config-php
<Files wp-config.php>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
</Files>

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