.htaccess Generator

# Force HTTPS
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

# Protect wp-config.php
<Files wp-config.php>
    Require all denied
</Files>

# Disable XML-RPC (mitigates brute-force / pingback DDoS)
<Files xmlrpc.php>
    Require all denied
</Files>

# Disable PHP execution in /wp-content/uploads/
<Directory "wp-content/uploads">
    <FilesMatch "\.(php|phtml|php3|php4|php5|php7|phps)$">
        Require all denied
    </FilesMatch>
</Directory>

# Block readme/license files (hide WordPress version)
<FilesMatch "^(readme|license|wp-config-sample)\.(html|txt|php)$">
    Require all denied
</FilesMatch>

# Block /?author=N username enumeration
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^author=([0-9]*) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

# Block REST API /wp/v2/users enumeration
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /wp-json/wp/v2/users [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

# Gzip compression
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain text/html text/xml text/css text/javascript
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript application/json application/xml
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript application/xml+rss
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml application/font-woff application/font-woff2
</IfModule>

# Browser caching
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresDefault                              "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType text/css                      "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript        "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType text/javascript               "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType image/jpeg                    "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/png                     "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/gif                     "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml                 "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/webp                    "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon                  "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType font/ttf                      "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/woff                     "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType font/woff2                    "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType application/font-woff         "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType text/html                     "access plus 0 seconds"
    ExpiresByType application/json              "access plus 0 seconds"
</IfModule>

# Security headers
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" env=HTTPS
    Header always set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
    Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
    Header always set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
    Header always set Permissions-Policy "geolocation=(), microphone=(), camera=()"
    Header unset X-Powered-By
    Header unset Server
</IfModule>

# Disable directory listing
Options -Indexes

# Block access to sensitive files
<FilesMatch "^\.(env|git|htaccess|htpasswd)|composer\.(json|lock)|package\.json|yarn\.lock|\.config|\.ini$">
    Require all denied
</FilesMatch>