Export to Html and Lockdown Original WordPress Files

  • I’m wondering, how to make wordpress more secure for some of my clients that don’t really maintain or change that much on their website. I thought that maybe having a local install and then using the export to html to only upload the html version to the server might be a good option- only if that local install gets lost, you’re screwed.

    So, I’m curious if there was a way to have the original wp installation in a subfolder and lock it down totally, disable all access until I want to work on it.
    I’m not sure if changing the permissions on that folder would keep hackers from accessing any potential plugin vulnerabilities within it.

    Is there a way to disable all access until it’s somehow unlocked (by ftp or through hosting panel etc)?

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  • Tim Nash

    (@tnash)

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    you might want to take a look at something like https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/really-static/

    Which get’s you halfway there I wrote up how I use to manage such sites https://timnash.co.uk/using-wordpress-static-site-generator/ which might be of some use to you.

    Thread Starter JanjaWat1

    (@janjawat1)

    Hi Tim, thanks. Yes, I have found some plugins like this.
    It’s the second part that I’m trying to solve.

    I’d like to keep the original wp installation on the server somewhere and lock it down so nobody can modify any files or hack into it.

    I guess I can password protect the subfolder with the wp install but I’m not sure how save that is and if that would keep any hackers out.

    Tim Nash

    (@tnash)

    Spam hunter

    While nothing is 100% given most attacks are automated, the goal is to make those automated attacks less likely or stop them all together a password prompt will indeed stop those.

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