{"id":964,"date":"2014-11-24T08:46:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T08:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=964"},"modified":"2021-02-16T10:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T10:06:18","slug":"how-to-protect-your-wordpress-admin-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-protect-your-wordpress-admin-area\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your WordPress Admin Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The .htaccess file is a highly effective configuration file that allows you to enhance your site\u2019s <a title=\"Using .htaccess to block an IP address\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/block-an-ip-address-or-country-using-htaccess\/\">security and efficiency<\/a>. In this article, we will show you how we can use .htaccess to secure your WordPress admin area by restricting the access to chosen IP&#8217;s. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">For that purpose Simply use the following code into your .htaccess file:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\">AuthUserFile \/dev\/null\r\nAuthGroupFile \/dev\/null\r\nAuthName \"WordPress Admin Access Control\"\r\nAuthType Basic\r\n&lt;LIMIT GET&gt;\r\norder deny,allow\r\ndeny from all\r\n# whitelist Seemab's IP address\r\nallow from xx.xx.xx.xxx\r\n# whitelist Work IP address\r\nallow from xx.xx.xx.xxx\r\n&lt;\/LIMIT&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Remember to replace xx.xx.xx.xxx with your own IP addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The .htaccess file is a highly effective configuration file that allows you to enhance your site\u2019s security and efficiency. 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