Hardening WordPress with htaccess

This article will discuss some security techniques to better harden and secure your WordPress blog; this is especially effective in a hosted environment. Let me start by saying this guide may not be for everyone, and chances are that it may break some third party plugins and templates. It is not all doom and gloom; if you are able to use this guide it will significantly increase the security of your blog. It will prevent many attacks including brute force attacks, plugin enumeration, directory listings, sensitive information... [Read the full story]