# BEGIN WordPress
# The directives (lines) between "BEGIN WordPress" and "END WordPress" are
# dynamically generated, and should only be modified via WordPress filters.
# Any changes to the directives between these markers will be overwritten.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress


# SOFTACULOUS Block xmlrpc
<files xmlrpc.php>
	Require all denied
</files>
# SOFTACULOUS Block xmlrpc End

# SOFTACULOUS Block .htaccess and .htpasswd
<FilesMatch ^(?i:\.ht.*)$>
	Require all denied
</FilesMatch>
# SOFTACULOUS Block .htaccess and .htpasswd End

# SOFTACULOUS Block author scans
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (author=\d+) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]
# SOFTACULOUS Block author scans End

# SOFTACULOUS Block directory browsing
Options -Indexes
# SOFTACULOUS Block directory browsing End

# SOFTACULOUS Block access sensitive files
<FilesMatch "^.*(((?:wp-config)\.(?:php|bak|swp))|php.ini|\.[hH][tT][aApP].*|((?:error_log|readme|license|changelog|-config|-sample)\.(?:php|md|log|txt|htm|html)))$">
	Require all denied
</FilesMatch>
# SOFTACULOUS Block access sensitive files End

# SOFTACULOUS Enable bot protection
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (?:virusbot|spambot|evilbot|acunetix|BLEXBot|domaincrawler\.com|LinkpadBot|MJ12bot/v|majestic12\.co\.uk|AhrefsBot|TwengaBot|SemrushBot|nikto|winhttp|Xenu\s+Link\s+Sleuth|Baiduspider|HTTrack|clshttp|harvest|extract|grab|miner|python-requests) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://no.access/
# SOFTACULOUS Enable bot protection End


# Disable hotlinking of images 
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?dratiarrahman.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?google.com [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ – [NC,F,L]


# Restrict Direct Access to Plugin and Theme PHP files  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/wp-content/plugins/file/to/exclude\.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/wp-content/plugins/directory/to/exclude/
RewriteRule wp-content/plugins/(.*\.php)$ - [R=404,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/wp-content/themes/file/to/exclude\.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/wp-content/themes/directory/to/exclude/
RewriteRule wp-content/themes/(.*\.php)$ - [R=404,L]


# Protect Include-Only files
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteBase /
	RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]
	RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
	RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
	RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
	RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
</ifmodule>

#Protect .htaccess
<files ~ "^.*\.([Hh][Tt][Aa])">
	order allow,deny
	deny from all
	satisfy all
</files>

# Protect wp-config.php 
<files wp-config.php>
	order allow,deny
	deny from all
</files>

#Protect error_log 
<files error_log>
	order allow,deny
	deny from all
</files>




