password in wp-config.php

  • hi,
    so I was amazed that it really took me only five minutes to install WP. Question, though:
    my database password is located in wp-config.php.
    Is that secure?
    I mean, I put the path to my wp-config.php in my web browser, and came up with a blank page, but would it be possible for someone to hack into this and steal my db password?

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  • Thread Starter citeewurkor

    (@citeewurkor)

    I was reading through some of my old posts and ran into this one again (my first post here!) and was wondering if anyone had ever come up with a way to encrypt the database password in wp-config.php ?? I understand that it’s quite secure the way it is, but I remember specifically while using another blogging platform a few years ago, that the database password was encrypted. Sorry, I only used it for like a day, and can’t remember which platform it was.
    Any thoughts?

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