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<?php
/**
 * Defined paths for local/production vs. staging servers
 * example: http://website.com/main-folder/sub-folder/paths.php
 * $full_uri: http://website.com/main-folder/sub-folder/paths.php
 */
$full_uri     = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$path         = dirname($_SERVER[PHP_SELF]);
$current_path = substr( $path, strrpos($path,'/') + 1 );

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Disable/turn off the following PHP functions:

If you have access to your system php.ini file, add:

disable_functions = exec,shell_exec,system,passthru,pcntl_exec,proc_open

Then restart Apache.

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Hardening WP Security

A shortened, actionable version of the full punchlist

1. Sync your entire live site down to your local repo
2. Change the WordPress default admin user + generate a new password
3. Remove any users that aren’t supposed to be there, or that are no longer in use
4. Update WordPress (in case you need to update it manually: https://gist.github.com/ericrasch/4192dc480398a896d4d58b5afe08a1d0)
5. Update all WordPress plugins
6. Remove unused plugins

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<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Disable XML-RPC + Pingback
Plugin URI: http://www.philerb.com/wp-plugins/
Description: This plugin disables XML-RPC API + pingbacks in WordPress 3.5+, which is enabled by default. 2 WP plugins were combined together to cover all bases.
Version: 1.0.0
Author: Eric Rasch
Author URI: http://ericrasch.com
License: GPLv2
*/

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source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'capistrano', '~> 2.15'
gem 'capistrano-ext', '~> 1.2.1'
gem 'colored', '~> 1.2'

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Mac OS X App List

Productivity Tools

• Alfred Powerpack Powerpack is a set of incredibly powerful features for Alfred
• Alfred Boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords, text expansion and more
• AppCleaner Drag-n-drop app uninstall
• Caffeine keeps your Mac from going to sleep
• Default Folder X Finder save location helper
• Fantastical Menubar calendar app w/ natural language
• GPG Suite secure communication and encrypting files

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Sublime Text Preferences

My personal settings for Sublime Text (Mac). Heavily borrowed from Wes Bos: https://gist.github.com/wesbos/a3b12cfda064a906ac04

To set the key bindings below, goto Sublime Text menu -> Preferences -> Key Bindings - User, paste the settings from below and save that file.

To set the user preferences below, type ⌘, in Sublime Text to bring up the Preferences.sublime-settings file, paste the settings from below and save that file.

Installed Packages

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Setup OSX 10.9 with a Clean Install

After two years of tinkering my machine is a bit all over. With Mavericks I wanted to start fresh

1. Run Software Update

Make sure everything is up to date.

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make a copy of php.ini (you may not need this step)

sudo cp /private/etc/php.ini.default php.ini

install composer

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -d detect_unicode=Off

make composer available globally

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

upgrade PHP

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<?php
/**
 * Detect + display WordPress template file being used
 * REF: http://www.wpmayor.com/output-name-of-wordpress-template-file-being-used/#comment-8221
 */
add_action('wp_head', 'show_template');
function show_template() {
  global $template;

  global $current_user;