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Htaccess wordpress config with conveniece, security and chaching in mind
# Secure HTACCESS wordpress config - https://gist.github.com/JohannesDeml/f714e47d6c6ea885f45f70bd34d927f8
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
# BEGIN HTTP security settings
Header set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload
Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'none'; img-src https://* data:; font-src https://* data:; connect-src 'self'; frame-src https://* 'unsafe-inline'; manifest-src 'self'; object-src 'self'; script-src https://* 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src https://* 'unsafe-inline'; worker-src 'self'; block-all-mixed-content; upgrade-insecure-requests; base-uri 'self'; form-action https://* 'unsafe-inline';"
Feature-Policy: autoplay 'none'; camera 'none'; document-domain 'self'; encrypted-media 'self'; fullscreen 'self'; geolocation 'none'; microphone 'none'; midi 'none'; payment 'none'; vr 'none';
Header set Referrer-Policy: same-origin
Header set X-XSS-Protection: "1; mode=block"
# END HTTP security settings
# BEGIN Caching - Source: https://gist.github.com/solancer/a51cf728a119a16f4c6ce494864a2d47
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
# Data interchange
ExpiresByType application/atom+xml "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType application/rdf+xml "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/ld+json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/schema+json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/vnd.geo+json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
# Favicon (cannot be renamed!) and cursor images
ExpiresByType image/vnd.microsoft.icon "access plus 1 week"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week"
# HTML
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds"
# JavaScript
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 year"
# Manifest files
ExpiresByType application/manifest+json "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-web-app-manifest+json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest "access plus 0 seconds"
# Media files
ExpiresByType audio/ogg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/bmp "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType video/ogg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType video/webm "access plus 1 month"
# Web fonts
# Embedded OpenType (EOT)
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType font/eot "access plus 1 month"
# OpenType
ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 month"
# TrueType
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 month"
# Web Open Font Format (WOFF) 1.0
ExpiresByType application/font-woff "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType font/woff "access plus 1 month"
# Web Open Font Format (WOFF) 2.0
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 month"
# Other
ExpiresByType text/x-cross-domain-policy "access plus 1 week"
</IfModule>
# END Caching

Htacces for wordpress

Installation

  • Open an ftp client (e.g. cyberduck) and connect to your server
  • Enable Show hidden Files (View-> Show hidden Files Ctrl+Shift+R)
  • Overwirte the htaccess file that is in the root directory of your wordpress installation

Environment

  • Wordpress 5.3 on greengeeks with php 7.2
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