htaccess and GoDaddy

  • Hello everyone. I was hoping to find some assistance with an issue I’m having with a client site which is using GoDaddy Shared Hosting.

    I’m in the process of trying to use .htaccess files to toughen up security for the wp-content and wp-includes folders. I did a standard recommendation as far as the .htaccess goes:

    <FilesMatch .php>
Order Deny, Allow
Deny from All
</Files>

    That, and similar variations, result in plugins being broken, missing images, and generally the site not working at all. I’ve used this exact .htaccess file on another WP install on another host with no issues.

    .htaccess permissions were set to 444.

    In the case of this install, WordPress sits in the root of the site. I did NOT install WP like that; I was brought in after the fact to so some security and SEO consulting.

    Thanks for any direction!

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