Thursday 20 February 2014

Bullet Proof Security Installation

This is a free tutorial for installing "Bullet Proof Security" into your WordPress.

The developer website - Effective Business Website Design

1. Login to your WP-Dashboard, on your left, click “Installed Plugins”, place keywords – bullet proof security and click on “Search Plugins”.


2. On the left menu – click on BPS Security.Next,

  • -Select “Security Modes” 
  • -Click on “Created default.htaccess File


Master htaccess created successfully.

3. Activate both Root Folder BulletProof Mode plus wp-admin Folder BulletProof Mode


Next, activate Deny All htaccess:
  • Master htaccess BulletProof Mode
  • BPS Backup BulletProof Mode


4. For website that installed “Broken Link Checker”.  Visit here to learn more!


Before create secure.htaccess File, please add the code in Step 5 and 6.

5. Protect Login Page from Brute Force Login Attacks - Learn more!

Add the below code to block an automated comment spambots.

Start here---

# Protect wp-login.php from Brute Force Login Attacks based on Server Protocol
# Block automated comment spambots using Server Protocol HTTP/1.0
# All legitimate humans and bots should be using Server Protocol HTTP/1.1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/wp-login\.php|/wp-comments-post\.php)$
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} HTTP/1\.0
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]

End here---



Click on " Custom Code"

  • Select “Root htaccess File Custom Code”
  • Paste into “Custom Code Brute Force Login Page Protection”.
  • Scroll down and “Save Root Custom Code”

Now, check on "Security Status", if same like below, follow the next instructions.


Upload 2 htaccess files into “master-backups” directory.

1. root,htaccess File.



Start copy below this line ----
# BULLETPROOF .46.D >>>>>>> DEFAULT .HTACCESS# If you edit the line of code above you will see error messages on the BPS status page
# WARNING!!! THE default.htaccess FILE DOES NOT PROTECT YOUR WEBSITE AGAINST HACKERS
# This is a standard generic htaccess file that does NOT provide any website security
# The DEFAULT .HTACCESS file should be used for testing and troubleshooting purposes only# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]# uploaded files
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L]# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ – [L]
RewriteRule ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
# END WordPress
End copy----

2.wpadmin.htaccess File.

Start copy below this line----
# BULLETPROOF .46.4 WP-ADMIN SECURE .HTACCESS# If you edit the line of code above you will see error messages on the BPS status page
# BPS is reading the version number in the htaccess file to validate checks
# If you would like to change what is displayed above you
# will need to edit the BPS functions.php file to match your changes
# For more info see the BPS Guide at AIT-pro.com# FILTER REQUEST METHODS
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]# QUERY STRING EXPLOITS 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \.\.\/ [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} boot\.ini [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} tag\= [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ftp\: [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} http\: [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} https\: [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*iframe.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|%3D) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)cPath=http://(.*)$ [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)/self/(.*)$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(\[|\]|\(|\)|<|>).* [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(globals|encode|localhost|loopback).* [NC,OR] 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*(execute|exec|sp_executesql|request|select|insert|union|declare|drop|delete|create|alter|update|order|char|set|cast|convert|meta|script|truncate).* [NC] 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]

End copy----


Once you have completed upload the 2 files as shown above, select ” Security Modes”, click on “Create secure.htaccess File”. As usual, same as step 3 & 4, activate both once again;

  1. Root Folder .htaccess Security Mode
  2. wp-admin Folder .htaccess Security Mode


The installation process is completed.


To play safe, suggest to make a backup.


For your convenience, you can download both .htaccess files 
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/76809f3f98da8410fdf02e2014820f49c673bbbbbf423247d6faec1ec474f21b/analysis/1392946924/

SHA256: 76809f3f98da8410fdf02e2014820f49c673bbbbbf423247d6faec1ec474f21b
File name: masterbackupshtaccessfiles.zip
Detection ratio: 0 / 50


Thursday 23 January 2014

Get The Most From Your SEO

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