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Created June 25, 2009 06:39
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Hardened .htaccess file for WP installs
# canonical redirect to no www
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
# protect wp-config at all cost
<files wp-config.php>
Order deny,allow
deny from all
</files>
# protect .htaccess at all cost
<files ~ "^.*\.([Hh][Tt][Aa])">
order allow,deny
deny from all
satisfy all
</files>
# protect xmlrpc.php at all cost
RedirectMatch 403 /(.*)/xmlrpc\.php$
# disable open directory listing (like plugins)
Options All -Indexes
# block no referrer requests (spam)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .wp-comments-post\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*YOURDOMAIN.com.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule (.*) ^http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L]
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
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