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t-p
(@t-p)
First off, why do you want to disable CGI?
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mosso
(@mosso)
If CGI not needed by WP, then no need to have executable function active. I now have my own VPS and have option to disable CGI.
I want least vectors possible.
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mosso
(@mosso)
Here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Hosting_WordPress and here: http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/
says only PHP + MySQL as required, but is not all because WP needs also javascript / ajax — others? CGI? I can’t find.
“To run WordPress your host just needs a couple of things:”
Meaning – WordPress can only talk about the server side technologies needed – js and ajax are client side so are controlled by the end user.
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mosso
(@mosso)
Ok. but cgi is server side. No one can say it is needed?
Right, and WordPress is telling you what’s needed on the server to run. Is cgi mentioned?
@mosso, presumably @webbrewers last response is a backhanded way of telling you CGI is not required to run WordPress.
I’d caution you though that you may find other things that are not directly connected to WP that DO need CGI and troubleshooting after months or a couple of years could be prove difficult.
I honestly don’t know if there are currently any plugins or other WP-related functionalities that depend on CGI. Try disabling it and see what happens.
But be sure to remember that you have it disabled if something comes up in future.
