Securing WordPress uploads dir

March 25, 2014 2.3k views
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msatrya
I followed this article https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-configure-secure-updates-and-installations-in-wordpress-on-ubuntu but I got a problem when uploaded images/files, it said "The uploaded file could not be moved to ..." So, I decided to changed the uploads dir user back to www-data. The upload function working properly now, but is it secure?
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kamaln7 MOD April 4, 2014
That should be secure enough but you can take it one step further and disable php in the uploads directory so that if someone manages to upload a php file they wouldn't be able to execute it. Add the following block to your virtualhost and restart apache: 
<Directory /full/path/to/wp-uploads>

     php_flag engine off

</Directory>
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msatrya April 14, 2014
Thanks Kamal,
I'm sorry for late reply, why I didn't receive any notification from if someone commented on my post?
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