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  • Jace
    FBOP Class Of 2013
    • Jan 2004
    • 35562
    #1

    [Blog Tip] Securing your Wordpress admin

    http://www.justjace.com/2007/09/10/s...rdpress-admin/

    The best way I have found is to secure it by limiting to your ip only. This is a simple solution and you just add this

    order deny,allow
    allow from 123.45.67.123 # This is your IP Address
    deny from all

    to your wp-admin .htaccess file

    What this does is tell your server to not let ANY other ip addresses but yours into the wp-admin folder. This requires an update every once and a while unless you have a static ip, but worth the extra effort.
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    • dissipate
      The Dirty Frenchman
      • Nov 2005
      • 8904
      #2
      pain in the ass if you have a cable modem that you have to reset every few days ;-)

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        • tenderobject
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          • Dec 2004
          • 11688
          #3
          wow nice jace. thanks for shaaring!


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            • Jace
              FBOP Class Of 2013
              • Jan 2004
              • 35562
              #4
              Originally posted by dissipate
              pain in the ass if you have a cable modem that you have to reset every few days ;-)
              yeah, that would be a pain in the ass

              in that case you can just set up a htaccess username/password similar to that of a paysite

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                • st0ned
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2007
                  • 8437
                  #5
                  Nice tip, Thanks!
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                    • pornguy
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                      • Mar 2003
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                      #6
                      good tip.
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                        • tranza
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                          • Jun 2003
                          • 57559
                          #7
                          Nice solution indeed....
                          I'm just a newbie.

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                            • Profits of Doom
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                              • Feb 2004
                              • 4978
                              #8
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                                • Jace
                                  FBOP Class Of 2013
                                  • Jan 2004
                                  • 35562
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Profits of Doom
                                  I was searching through blog resource sites today and I found this, http://www.blogworldexpo.com/, a blogging convention in Vegas November 8-9. I guess that shows you how far blogging has come...
                                  woah, nice

                                  might be worth it to check it out for sure

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                                    • Tanker
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                                      • Nov 2000
                                      • 9287
                                      #10
                                      thanks for the tip and the convention

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                                        • Sosa
                                          In Tushy Land
                                          • Oct 2002
                                          • 40149
                                          #11
                                          pain in the ass if you travel and forget about it lol! but nice tip

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                                            • TeenCat
                                              Too lazy to set a koala
                                              • Jan 2007
                                              • 16131
                                              #12
                                              good idea, thank you, but what about to rename the folder to "-my-h1dd3n-admin-" or similar? i think it will be working well as in the folder wp-admin and nobody will find it ;) but its another newbies thanks for sharing your useful tips, respect!

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                                                • NinjaSteve
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                                                  • Dec 2003
                                                  • 11089
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Profits of Doom
                                                  I was searching through blog resource sites today and I found this, http://www.blogworldexpo.com/, a blogging convention in Vegas November 8-9. I guess that shows you how far blogging has come...
                                                  Whoa that's crazy!
                                                  ...

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                                                    • candyflip
                                                      Carpe Visio
                                                      • Jul 2002
                                                      • 43073
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Sosa
                                                      pain in the ass if you travel and forget about it lol! but nice tip
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                                                        • Jace
                                                          FBOP Class Of 2013
                                                          • Jan 2004
                                                          • 35562
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by TeenCat
                                                          good idea, thank you, but what about to rename the folder to "-my-h1dd3n-admin-" or similar? i think it will be working well as in the folder wp-admin and nobody will find it ;) but its another newbies thanks for sharing your useful tips, respect!
                                                          you can do that, but you have to let wordpress know you are doing that

                                                          found this htaccess hack to accomplish just that

                                                          Code:
                                                          RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
##### ABOVE THIS POINT IS ALREADY INSERTED BY WORD PRESS
##### Michi?s code is BELOW #####
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} wp-admin/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !YOURSECRETWORDHERE
RewriteRule .*\.php [F,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !YOURSECRETWORDHERE
RewriteRule ^ADMINFOLDER/(.*) wp-admin/$1?%{QUERY_STRING}&YOURSECRETWORDHERE [L]
##### Michi?s code is ABOVE #####
##### BELOW THIS POINT IS ALREADY INSERTED BY WORD PRESS
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

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                                                            • OzMan
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Sep 2003
                                                              • 9162
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Profits of Doom
                                                              I was searching through blog resource sites today and I found this, http://www.blogworldexpo.com/, a blogging convention in Vegas November 8-9. I guess that shows you how far blogging has come...
                                                              aah cool Vanessa Fox will be there. I need to talk to her about monetizing her blog more effectively

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                                                                  • Jan 2004
                                                                  • 16502
                                                                  #17
                                                                  good tips jace!

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                                                                    • TeenCat
                                                                      Too lazy to set a koala
                                                                      • Jan 2007
                                                                      • 16131
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Jace
                                                                      you can do that, but you have to let wordpress know you are doing that

                                                                      found this htaccess hack to accomplish just that

                                                                      /cut
                                                                      thank you for explanation, now that code is quite complicated for me ... ;) keep up the great work, respect!

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                                                                        • paymeback
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                                                                          • May 2005
                                                                          • 1478
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Nice tip Jace!
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                                                                            • teenfeetcash
                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                              • Jun 2007
                                                                              • 527
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Cool tip, never thought about using .htaccess for the admin folder - can I just secure the folder without if affecting the operation of the blog?
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