WordPress and Protecting Directories with .htaccess

You’ll find sometime that when you deploy WordPress in order for permalinks to work correctly you need a proper .htaccess file. This .htaccess also affects anything else you place within your web root when WordPress lives. For instance if you need to password protect a directory within the your webroot where WordPress lives. You’ll find … Read more

Pasword Protected Sub Directories Missing on Index Listing with Apache2

If you’ve setup a folder that allows listing of the directory index, you will be presented with that directories contents. Folders and files will be show and you can navigate through each folder. However, if you’ve password protected a sub directory, it will not show up in the listing. This is because its considered to … Read more