Protect all your WordPress sites on your cPanel server quickly and easily

Help to protect all your WordPress sites on your cPanel server from the new Brute Force Botnet Attacks, quickly and easily, by requiring a htaccess password prior to WordPress login.

user@server [~]# sudo -i # Log in as the root user.

root@server [~]# vi /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/post_virtualhost_2.conf # Edit the file.

# Paste the following lines.
ErrorDocument 401 "Unauthorized Access"
ErrorDocument 403 "Forbidden"
<FilesMatch "wp-login.php">
AuthName "Authorized Only"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/.wpadmin
require valid-user
</FilesMatch>

root@server [~]# htpasswd -c /home/.wpadmin pressuser # Enter and confirm password.

root@server [~]# cat /home/.wpadmin # Verify correct username.

root@server [~]# chmod 755 /home/.wpadmin # Set access permissions.

root@server [~]# service httpd restart # Restart the web server.