nginx conf file included in all local WordPress dev sites.

wp.conf

fastcgi_intercept_errors on;

if ($http_user_agent ~* (HTTrack|HTMLParser|discobot|Exabot|Casper|kmccrew|plaNETWORK|RPT-HTTPClient)) {
  return 444;
}

if ($http_referer ~* (sex|vigra|viagra) ) {
  return 444;
}

location / {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
}
location ~ /\. {
  deny all;
}

location ~ ^/(run|wp-)cron\.php {
  allow ADD-LOCAL-HOST-IP;
  deny all;

  include fastcgi.conf;
  fastcgi_pass fpm;
  error_log /var/log/nginx/wp_cron.log error;
}

location ~* ^.+\.(css|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|gz|svg|svgz|ttf|otf|woff|eot|mp4|ogg|ogv|webm)$ {
   expires max;
   access_log off;
}

location ~ \.php$ {
  try_files $uri =404;
  include fastcgi.conf;
  error_log /var/log/nginx/wp.log error;
  set $nocache "";
  set $cache_control max-age=12;

  if ($http_cookie ~ (comment_author_.*|wordpress_logged_in.*|wp-postpass_.*)) {
    set $nocache "Y";
    set $cache_control no-cache;
  }

  fastcgi_hide_header X-Pingback;
  fastcgi_pass fpm;
  fastcgi_cache_use_stale error timeout invalid_header http_500;

  fastcgi_hide_header "Pragma";
  fastcgi_hide_header "Cache-Control";
  fastcgi_cache  img;
  fastcgi_cache_valid 200 1m;
  fastcgi_cache_valid  404 1m;
  fastcgi_cache_bypass $nocache;
  fastcgi_no_cache $nocache;
  add_header Cache-Control $cache_control;
}