Tag Archives: htaccess

Increase WordPress Security By Locking Down HTaccess, WP-Config.php, Hiding Readme.html & Other Files

With new WordPress plugin you can improve your websites security by disabling a few insecure features. You can automatically hide the readme.html file, license.txt file, set permissions for wp-config.php and .htaccess file so that hackers cannot modify them.

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WordPress Dashboard Interface For Controling Permalinks And .htaccess File

Now you can customize and control permalinks structure and .htaccess file direct from your WordPress admin areadashboard. WP htaccess Control should really be called as htacess and Rewrite Control plugin. The plugin provides you an easy interface for customizing htaccess file generated by WordPress and also its permalinks structure of author, category, archives, pagination and custom taxonomies.

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How To Stop Hotlinking Via .htaccess?

Hotlinking means showing images from other sites which increases bandwidth usage. You can stop Hotlinking in your WordPress site. All you need to do is open .htaccess file present in your WordPress root directory and the given code.

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www.)?mysite.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .(gif|jpg|swf|flv|png)$ /feed/ [R=302,L]

Easily Manage .htaccess-style 301 Redirects From Your WordPress Dashboard

New WordPress plugin provides you a user friends and very simple redirect editor for managing redirects. It gives you a simple test area for editing .htaccess-style 301 redirects, one per line.

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