Comments on: Wordpress Plugin Folder Security

By: Nigerian Entrepreneur

Nigerian Entrepreneur — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:19:52 +0000

This is shocking! I never knew there is such a security loophole waiting to be exploited cheaply. Thanks for pointing it out. I will go with the first option you suggested. Thanks. Nigerian Entrepreneurs last blog post..Online Forex Trading

By: Paul Lambert

Paul Lambert — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:51:12 +0000

If I were you this is an opportunity to get traffic back to your main site. Just create an index file like he says and put a banner, affiliate link, or just a plain link back to your home page/main URL.

By: stubsy

stubsy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:11:56 +0000

I never heard of this before, thanks for the tip stubsys last blog post..Really interesing links

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:26:41 +0000

Hi, thank god i found this article! I’m already put the “Options -Indexes” on my .htaccess. But,.. my plugins folder already indexed by google. Can it be removed automatically?? if not, how to remove it??

Thanks

By: Elliott

Elliott — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:14:03 +0000

It goes into the public_html .htaccess file. If you are using the hostgator reseller package, you will need to put that at the top of each .htaccess file for each account.

You don’t have to put the line with the #, only the “Options -Indexes” without the quotes should work…

By: djnuttall

djnuttall — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:59:02 +0000

I guess I am confused. What is the root? You mean in Hostgator? Now do you just put the "#" sign or the whole "# Prevents directory listing Options -Indexes"? djnuttalls last blog post..The Affiliate Academy Teaches How to Make Money Online

By: Elliott

Elliott — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:47:07 +0000

Denise, this goes into the root .htaccess not each individual .htaccess file. I guess I forgot to put that part in their! It should work just fine at the top of the file, I haven’t had any problems on my hostgator file.

By: djnuttall

djnuttall — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:13:57 +0000

Boy this is scary. The fix sounds pretty scary too.

You know I am not too techie. To say the least!

so..I put this at the very top (# Prevents directory listing
Options -Indexes) before anything else on the page?

Man I have a lot of sites to do this to.

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By: bloggingzoom.com

bloggingzoom.com — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:32:25 +0000

Wordpress Plugin Folder Security | Blog Explosion dot NET…

One of the problems with the great Wordpress blogging platform is some of the crazy lack of security that has gone into the system. One of the worst and easiest potential security weaknesses is the plugins folder on your Wordpress site.

Why? Well, i…