{"id":322,"date":"2010-04-28T10:05:07","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2010-08-14T01:23:53","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T08:23:53","slug":"wordpress-bulletproof-security-screenshots-htaccess-file-modifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/322\/bulletproof-security-plugin-support\/wordpress-bulletproof-security-screenshots-htaccess-file-modifications\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress BulletProof Security Screenshots – .htaccess file modifications"},"content":{"rendered":"

This information applies to older versions of BulletProof Security – versions .44 and .44.1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest version release of BulletProof Security is BPS\u00a0.45.2.
\nBPS .45.2 Screenshots<\/strong><\/a>
\nBPS .45.2 Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

If you have questions or comments\u00a0please post them on\u00a0the BulletProof Security\u00a0Questions and Comments\u00a0page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FAQ’s and other information can be found\u00a0BulletProof Security WordPress Plugin Support page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you find that this plugin is a huge time saver and makes the tasks of WordPress website management, development and security much faster and easier for you, then we would of course be very grateful to receive any small donations<\/a> to support ongoing development of the BulletProof Security Plugin. We will reciprocate your generosity by providing you with “ad space” and a backlink to your website on the BulletProof Website Security Contributors<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

If your WordPress installation is in your Root folder you DO NOT need to modify any of the provided BulletProof Security .htaccess files when installing \/ activating the BulletProof Security Plugin.\u00a0 The\u00a0BulletProof Security maintenance.htaccess\u00a0file will need to be updated with your current public IP address\u00a0if you plan on putting your website in BulletProof Maintenance mode (Website Under Maintenance).\u00a0 This update is\u00a0ONLY needed if you want to be able to access and work on your website will “Website Under Maintenance” message is displayed to\u00a0everyone else.\u00a0 All BulletProof .htaccess files are already set\u00a0for a\u00a0default\u00a0WordPress installation, installed in the Root website folder.\u00a0 If your WordPress installation is in another folder (subfolder) like for example a folder named “blog” then you will need to add that folder name to the provided BulletProof .htaccess files included with the BulletProof Security Plugin.\u00a0 This is a one time set up.\u00a0 Once you modify the folder paths in these master .htaccess files you will not have to modify them again.<\/p>\n

The BulletProof Security master .htaccess files are located in this folder \/wp-content\/plugins\/bulletproof-security\/htacess<\/p>\n

At the top of each .htaccess file you will see the name of each .htaccess file\u00a0commented out with the pound sign #.\u00a0 The BulletProof Security plugin is designed to read and display the actual contents of each .htaccess file on the BulletProof Security options page so that you can verify which .htaccess file is actually really activated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
As an example the default.htaccess file has this top line of characters or the name of the file<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
# BULLETPROOF >>>>>>> DEFAULT .HTACCESS FILE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What you will see in the BulletProof Security options page if this .htaccess file is activated is this below.\u00a0 This screenshot is showing that a default .htaccess file is activated in the root folder of your WordPress website and secure .htaccess file is activated in your website’s \/wp-admin folder.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Current<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is a screenshot of the default.htaccess master file.\u00a0 Notice that the RewriteBase is set to your Root folder (\/) and the RewriteRule is set to the\u00a0index.php file located in your\u00a0Root folder (\/index.php).\u00a0 No modification is required if your WordPress installation is in your Root website folder.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is a screenshot of the default.htaccess master file that has been modified.\u00a0 This is an example of what you would need to add to this .htaccess file if your WordPress installation was installed in a folder named “blog”.\u00a0 Notice that the RewriteBase is set to your\u00a0folder named “blog”\u00a0(\/blog\/) and the RewriteRule is set to the\u00a0\/blog\/index.php file located in your\u00a0folder named “blog”\u00a0(\/blog\/index.php).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is a screenshot of the secure.htaccess master file.\u00a0 Notice that the RewriteBase is set to your Root folder (\/) and the RewriteRule is set to the\u00a0index.php file located in your\u00a0Root folder (\/index.php).\u00a0 No modification is required if your WordPress installation is in your Root website folder.\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is a screenshot of the secure.htaccess master file that has been modified.\u00a0 This is an example of what you would need to add to this .htaccess file if your WordPress installation was installed in a folder named “blog”.\u00a0 Notice that the RewriteBase is set to your\u00a0folder named “blog”\u00a0(\/blog\/) and the RewriteRule is set to the\u00a0\/blog\/index.php file located in your\u00a0folder named “blog”\u00a0(\/blog\/index.php).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is a screenshot of the maintenance.htaccess master file.\u00a0 The BulletProof Maintenance .htaccess file has some additional rules and conditions that are explained in the commented out sections of the .htaccess file.\u00a0\u00a0Notice that the RewriteBase is set to your Root folder (\/).\u00a0 \u00a0You have the option of adding your IP address if you want to be able to view and work on your website while a “Website Under Maintenance” page is displayed to everyone else.\u00a0 The RewriteCondition and\u00a0RewriteRule is set to serve ONLY the file\u00a0bp-maintenance.php, which is the file \/ page that displays a “Website Under Maintenance” message to visitors.\u00a0\u00a0The bp-maintenance.php file is copied to your Root folder when you activate BulletProof Maintenance mode. \/bp-maintenance.php<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is a screenshot of the maintenance.htaccess master file that has been modified.\u00a0 This is an example of what you would need to add to this maintenance.htaccess file if your WordPress installation was installed in a folder named “blog”.\u00a0The BulletProof Maintenance .htaccess file has some additional rules and conditions that are explained in the commented out sections of the .htaccess file.\u00a0\u00a0Notice that the RewriteBase is set to your\u00a0folder named “blog” (\/blog\/).\u00a0 \u00a0You have the option of adding your IP address if you want to be able to view and work on your website while a “Website Under Maintenance” page is displayed to everyone else.\u00a0 The RewriteCondition and\u00a0RewriteRule is set to serve ONLY the file\u00a0bp-maintenance.php, which is the file \/ page that displays a “Website Under Maintenance” message to visitors.\u00a0\u00a0The bp-maintenance.php file is copied to your\u00a0subfolder named “blog” when you activate BulletProof Maintenance mode.\u00a0 \/blog\/bp-maintenance.php<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Screenshot of the main BulletProof Security Options Page<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Screenshot of the main BulletProof Security Options Page.\u00a0 Shows a Read Me! help hover ToolTip on hover.\u00a0 There are extensive hover ToolTips throughout the BP options page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BulletProof<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Screenshot of the main BulletProof Security Options Page.\u00a0 Shows the File and Folder Permission checker.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"WordPress<\/a>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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This information applies to older versions of BulletProof Security – versions .44 and .44.1. The latest version release of BulletProof Security is BPS\u00a0.45.2. BPS .45.2 Screenshots BPS .45.2 Guide If you have questions or comments\u00a0please post them on\u00a0the BulletProof Security\u00a0Questions and Comments\u00a0page. FAQ’s and other information can be found\u00a0BulletProof Security WordPress Plugin Support page. If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[41,40,42],"class_list":["post-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletproof-security-plugin-support","tag-bulletproof-plugin-screenshots","tag-bulletproof-security-screenshots","tag-bulletproof-wordpress-plugin-screenshots"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ait-pro.com\/aitpro-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}