Securing Wordpress
Apache, WordpressIm not gonna give you the full deal on securing wordpress, there are dozens of this tutorials out there just waiting to be read. I just want to point out a stage that no one should skip, its crucial to your wordpress integrity. Securing the wp-admin folder though very important its very easy to be done. You just have to place a .htaccess file inside the wp-admin folder with the following directives and your wp-admin folder will be restricted to your ip address only. here is the htaccess code:
Order deny,allow
Allow from 1.1.1.1
Allow from 1.1.1.2
Deny from all
this will restrict the access to these 2 ip’s 1.1.1.1 and 1.1.1.2. But you can restrict access to a full range of ip’s like this
Order deny,allow
Allow from 1.1.1.
Deny from all
this will restrict the access to this range 1.1.1.*, Or you can use domain names instead
Order deny,allow
Allow from .provider.net
Deny from all
this will restrict the access to *.provider.net
I hope this will help you keep your wordpress websites safe.
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