Adding 7G WAF Firewall for NGINX to CloudPanel

The 7G WAF firewall by Jeff Starr at Perishable Press is a great addition for server level WAF protection, here is a guide on how to add it to CloudPanel’s NGINX stack.Download the 7G WAF NGNIX versionDownload the 7G WAF…
Block xmlrpc.php and wp-login.php via NGINX

You can block xmlrpc.php and wp-login.php via NGINX with the configurations below, what’s good about this approach is that it prevents brute force attacks at the NGINX server level without any PHP/MySQL resources being used. xmlrpc.php for NGINX location =…
Change your WordPress site to serve pages over HTTPS/SSL

This is a tutorial to change your WordPress site to serve all content via HTTPS/SSL and it is something that is becoming easier and more affordable but also necessary for site owners. Swapping your site to the secure HTTPS/SSL protocol across the whole website…