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 version Download the 7G WAF or from the origin page here. Extract the archive and find the 2…
Read MoreBlock 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 = /xmlrpc.php { deny all; } To allow JetPacks IP addresses through adjust the config to…
Read MoreChange 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 also brings with it a more reputable trust with searchers and a potential SEO boost…
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