Tips & Tricks
WordPress Security Hacks
Hi guys this is my first post on wpcult the great site Austin built. Hope you guys find it usefull.
If you run a blog using the wordpress software then your blog is a target to hackers. Below I will list some hacks and just how they can help you keep your business/site safe.
The following is code to Block Bad Queries and protect your blog from malicious URL Requests.
Place the following code into a text file and name it what ever you like for example blockbadqueries.php upload it to your plugin folder and activate it in your wordpress admin just as you would any other Plugin
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Block Bad Queries
Plugin URI: http://perishablepress.com/press/2009/12/22/protect-wordpress-against-malicious-url-requests/
Description: Protect WordPress Against Malicious URL Requests
Author URI: http://perishablepress.com/
Author: Perishable Press
Version: 1.0
*/
global $user_ID; if($user_ID) {
if(!current_user_can(‘level_10’)) {
if (strlen($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’]) > 255 ||
strpos($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “eval(“) ||
strpos($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “CONCAT”) ||
strpos($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “UNION+SELECT”) ||
strpos($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’], “base64”)) {
@header(“HTTP/1.1 414 Request-URI Too Long”);
@header(“Status: 414 Request-URI Too Long”);
@header(“Connection: Close”);
@exit;
}
}
}
?>
This Great plugin was made by Jeff Starr of Digging into WordPress
Protecting your blog with .htaccess
.htaccess files have lots of possibilities. below is some code that will help protect your wordpress from modification of _REQUEST and/or GLOBALS and scripts injection.
This is real simple just paste the following code into your .htaccess file. Always make a backup of your .htaccess before editing, better to be safe.
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
Thanks to Oussama for this great hack
This little trick is really simple and easy. All you need to do is plug this line of code anywhere you would like to use the text.
<a onclick="return skypeCheck();" href="skype:austin.passy?call">Call me on Skype!</a>
That’s is, pretty simple huh? Just make sure you change skype:austin.passy to your user name!
Want a test? Well, please use the text button, as I was getting to many call’s and hangups: Call me on Skype! Message me on Skype!
Thanks to Shayne for this code!
Update:
I was reminded by Shayne that you will have to add this script into your header.php file:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://download.skype.com/share/skypebuttons/js/skypeCheck.js"> </script>
That way if the user doesn’t have Skype, they will be prompted to download it if they would like :).
Tips & Tricks
How to: show/hide a widget in WordPress with jQuery
In a previous post I talked about how to show/hide a single div html code with a search inside. Today I’d like to show you how I implemented jQuery into my new theme.
As seen in the current theme, I am using jQuery to animate the show/hide or as known as the css style display: none;.
Since I am using a custom child theme on my site, and have Hybrid theme as my parent, the widgets or sidebar section is different than may be in your theme. But just apply the the style’s as follows to your theme.
First make sure that your WordPress site is calling jQuery, by plugging in this code into your header.php file above the <?php wp_head(); ?> text:
<?php wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); ?>
Then anywhere above the </head >, plug this code in:
<script type="text/javascript">
function toggleWidgets() {
$('#primary h3.widget-title').addClass('plus');
$('#primary h3.widget-title').click(function() {
$(this).toggleClass('plus').toggleClass('minus').next().toggle(180);
});
}
$(document).ready(function() {
toggleWidgets();
}
</script>
That’s it. Pretty simple huh.
So lets go over what the code does.
$('#primary h3.widget-title').addClass('plus');
This line finds all <h3> tags with the class widget-title inside the ID parameter of #primary and adds a class of plus.
Then
$('#primary h3.widget-title').click(function() {
$(this).toggleClass('plus').toggleClass('minus').next().toggle(180);
});
Will apply a click function. When the H3 tag is clicked it will remove the class plus and add the class minus.
Then the code that says .next will then toggle the “next” element after the <h3> title.
Tips & Tricks
How to: Create a fbshare.me shortcode
Social networks are everywhere. I am sure you’re on facebook. Well why not at a facebook share script to your site?
Don’t know PHP that well?
Well here is a simple way to add a share script like fbshare.me to your site, via shortcodes.
Paste the following code in your functions.php file in order to create your shortcode:
function fbshare_script() {
return '<div class="fbshare"><script src="http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.js"></script></div>';
}
add_shortcode( 'fbshare', 'fbshare_script' );
Once done, you can display the facebook share button anywhere on your posts. In WordPress editor, make sure you are in HTML mode and insert the following: [fbshare].
When your post will be published, the shortcode will be replaced by the fbshare.me button.
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Wordpress Designer
June 21, 2011 at 5:52 pm
I was a victim few months back on one of my sites…. but later discovered that reasons were more about me and not WP… anyways nice info… Hail Open Source, long live WP….!
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June 24, 2011 at 4:48 pm
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June 27, 2011 at 11:26 am
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July 4, 2011 at 12:49 am
wordpress is a safe script anyway. But your codes will be improve this. Thanks i will use .
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July 10, 2011 at 11:40 pm
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July 12, 2011 at 4:16 pm
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July 14, 2011 at 3:27 pm
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July 25, 2011 at 4:00 am
That’s a very bad news that my wordpress blog is at risk of being hacked:/. You are doing a great job by informing us about such danger.
sheric
July 25, 2011 at 7:33 am
Thank you very interesting.
Ashley
August 2, 2011 at 4:35 pm
Thanks for the code. I have been looking for something to block bad queries and protect my blogs from malicious URL requests.
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August 2, 2011 at 9:22 pm
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August 5, 2011 at 3:18 am
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August 7, 2011 at 7:34 am
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August 8, 2011 at 4:16 am
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Leonardo Casci
August 9, 2011 at 4:08 am
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August 18, 2011 at 9:34 pm
I m fully satisfied with the post that how to remove the hacking or not to hacking the word press because it results in a negative effect.we will be careful about that.
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August 21, 2011 at 9:39 am
When I had my hosting company, one of my client’s blogs kept getting hacked. I fixed it a half a dozen times before told him that he has to fix his own issues – pointed him to posts like this around the internet.
Good stuff!
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August 24, 2011 at 1:19 am
Always looking for security info. This is still up-to-date.
Much appreciated, bookmarked, rt’d, fb’d, and dugg.
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August 26, 2011 at 5:45 am
Yes, website Security is very important, and i have a wordpress blog too, thanks for the post.
Michael Dorf
September 2, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Nice first post! I’ve used Block Bad Queries in a couple of blogs and it worked exceptionally well. I like plugins that require minimal configuration! Thanks!
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September 21, 2011 at 4:38 am
Really good article, good to know about these security issues with my blog.
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September 21, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Thanks this is very useful. I will use this for all of my blogs.
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September 24, 2011 at 3:28 am
thanks for sharing!!! 😀
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October 11, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Nice code. I will try it.
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October 11, 2011 at 10:23 pm
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October 13, 2011 at 2:39 am
I am an electrical & electronics engineer, and i am thinking about joining APPIN institute of ethical hacking & IT security bcoz I am interested in this field, so will there be better career options for me in this field after having an international diploma certification in ethical hacking?
Stuart
October 17, 2011 at 5:30 am
Great post, and hope you keep writing for the site. We are moving our site to WordPress so will be implementing these tips to keep it secure.
David Josh
October 18, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Thank you for the code, I was looking for something like this for long, my website has been hacked once and I needed something urgently to safe guard, shall try this. Thanks !
Rob Benwell
October 19, 2011 at 3:33 am
Thank you for sharing this tool. Now I know that I’m in a safe hand. More Power!
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Bryan McKenzie
October 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm
This has happened to me once before. Thanks for sharing this information, it’s always good to be cautious about these things and keep our websites protected. For a lot of people it’s their livelihood!
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October 24, 2011 at 5:19 am
Hey, thanks for the good tips. Am always in search of good safety information for WordPress. They are easy to implement even for beginners.
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October 25, 2011 at 8:34 am
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October 26, 2011 at 5:30 am
I was hacked one and since than I started paying more attention to security!
So thank for this post..I will implement it right away!
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October 26, 2011 at 11:29 pm
very informative thanks lotttt
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October 28, 2011 at 2:13 am
This is great post,very useful! I think i will improve my website security…
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October 30, 2011 at 3:03 pm
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October 30, 2011 at 8:59 pm
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