Restrict access via htaccess via ipaddress
From Brian Nelson Ramblings
Restrict access via htaccess via ipaddress
This can be a very effective way to protect your Wordpress administrator directory. Any other directory in public_html can be protected in the same way. This method only works if you have a static IP address assigned to you. Anyone attempting to browse such directories using a different IP Address will get a 403 Forbidden error.
Lets restrict access to the wp-admin/ folder in wordpress
vim /path/to/wordpress/wp-admin/.htaccess
Now lets restrict all access but one ipaddress
Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from 100.100.100.100
In the example above the 100.100.100.100 is my public ipaddress.
You can get your public facing ipaddress by visiting http://ifconfig.me
- Optional: You can enter partial IP Addresses, such as, 100.100.100. This allows access to a range of addresses.
