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1. karunnt
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   If you type:

   http://yourdomaina.com/wp-content/plugins/

   You will get a list of all the plugins a site is using.

   Is there any way to hide this information?

   Thanks.

2. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You can add any of these lines to your .htaccess files. The directive will affect the Folder that your .htaccess is in and all folders below it.
   -------------------------
   Options -Indexes
   
   (this prevents listing of directories)
   -------------------------
   Options +Indexes
   
   (this allows listing of directories, possibly useful to override an .htaccess directive stopping listing for all directories in case you want to allow it for particular ones)
   -------------------------
   IndexIgnore *
   
   (will prevent listing of all files, the "*" is a wildcard)
   -------------------------
   IndexIgnore *.gif *.jpg
   
   (will prevent listing of any files with .gif or .jpg extensions, but will allow other listings)

   Also, some folks simply put an index.php or index.html file with a custom message about trying to browse directories

   bunch more info
   http://www.javascriptkit.com/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?zoom_query=.htaccess&zoom_per_page=10&zoom_and=1&zoom_sort=0

3. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Also, some folks simply put an index.php ... with a custom message about trying to browse directories

   dont put an index.php inside your wp-content/plugins directory. Doing so will break your dashboard.

4. Samuel B
   moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   dont put an index.php inside your wp-content/plugins directory

   yikes - sorry for that

5. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I have an index.html in mine and that works.

6. whooami
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   yeah, index.html's work, its the .php extension that screws stuff up. Ive no idea why, I never looked that hard, i just know it does.

7. xjessie007@yahoo.com
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You can take care of this in three places.

   A)
   If you have access to your httpd.conf (server configuration) file, add the following to the <Directory> section. The IndexIgnore directive adds to the list of files to hide when listing a directory.

   IndexIgnore *

   B)
   If you can edit your .htaccess file (the one in the folder you have problem with, the plugins directory), insert the following:

   Options -Indexes

   This stops showing directory listings for URLs which map to the directory.

   C)
   You could also disable dir indexing completely. Find the following line in your httpd.conf and place a # in front of it.

   LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so

   Here is a good page on IndexIgnore: IndexIgnore

   Btw, you could also just restrict access to the directory completely with the Allow,Deny directive, but that is another story. See here if interested: Order Allow,Deny

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