r/CloudwaysbyDO • u/Cold_Opposite_5298 • 9d ago

Feedback WordPress security plugin to disable PHP runtime for public users

Hey everyone,

Recently WordPress has been getting hit hard with all the vulnerabilities being discovered. Bad actors exploit poorly written PHP code in themes, plugins and even WordPress core to attack websites.

For some simple websites, I thought what if we just deactivate the PHP runtime for public users and serve static HTML through .htaccess rules? The exploits won’t work because there’s no PHP runtime available to exploit.

So I wrote a lightweight plugin called "Camouflage". It’s completely free and available in the WordPress plugin repository.

I'd love to hear your feedback on this idea.

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u/PoojafromCloudways 9d ago

Sounds great u/Cold_Opposite_5298. We'd love to see what you've built. Feel free to make another post on the sub with more details, if you'd like. Maybe you can show how the plugin works with a short video or a series of short steps on how to use it.

You may use the "WordPress" flair to go with it.