protect wp-config.php

Install XAMPP 1.8.3 And WordPress 3.9 On Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.2

xampp

On the new XAMPP 1.8.3 and WordPress 3.9, there are a few problems that need to be addressed before we can really use the 2 systems perfectly on Mac OS X, especially Mavericks 10.9.2. Xampp installer will install Xampp folder in the Application folder, this causes permission problems. To fix these problems, we need to

Protect WP-Config.php File

The wp-config.php file is the file that shows the blog database with username, password. If any hackers can read this file and get all the information, they can mess up the database if they want to. I found this on the website and hope it does work with our WordPress. Edit “.htaccess” of the blog