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.
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Options -Indexes
(this prevents listing of directories)
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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)
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IndexIgnore *
(will prevent listing of all files, the "*" is a wildcard)
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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
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.
I have an index.html in mine and that works.
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.
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
