WordPress creates it’s own entries to the .htaccess file so if you decide to play around make sure you backup your original and don’t delete the WordPress entries.

Here’s some examples…

If you are tired of getting the same spam comments from a specific user over and over again you can ban the ip address like this by adding the following code to your .htaccess file:

 Create an IP Banlist

allow from all
deny from 145.186.14.122
deny from 124.15

Prevent Hotlinking

Tired of people using your bandwidth by putting the images hosted on your server on their website? Add the following code at the bottom of your .htaccess file to prevent hotlinking.

Options +FollowSymlinks
#Protect against hotlinking
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www.)?domainname.com/ [nc]
RewriteRule .*.(gif|jpg|png)$ http://domainname.com/img/stop_stealing_bandwidth.gif[nc]

NOTE: The following article explains better methods to “prevent” hotlinking:
Link building secrets by Maurizio Petrone

Block All Requests From User Agents

It’s possible to block all unwanted user agents that might be potentially harmful or perhaps just to keep the server load as low as possible.

#Block bad bots
SetEnvIfNoCase user-Agent ^FrontPage [NC,OR]
SetEnvIfNoCase user-Agent ^Java.* [NC,OR]
SetEnvIfNoCase user-Agent ^Microsoft.URL [NC,OR]
SetEnvIfNoCase user-Agent ^MSFrontPage [NC,OR]
SetEnvIfNoCase user-Agent ^Offline.Explorer [NC,OR]
SetEnvIfNoCase user-Agent ^[Ww]eb[Bb]andit [NC,OR]
SetEnvIfNoCase user-Agent ^Zeus [NC]
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Deny from env=bad_bot

Redirect Everyone Except Specified IPs

If for some reason you would want to deny everyone or allow only a specific group of IP addresses to access your website, add the following code to your .htaccess file:

ErrorDocument 403 http://www.domainname.com
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 124.34.48.165
Allow from 102.54.68.123

SEO Friendly 301 Redirects

If you’ve transferred domain names or wish to redirect a specific page or pages without getting penalty from search engines such as Google, use the following code:

Redirect 301 /d/file.html http://www.domainname.com/r/file.html

Creating a Custom Error Page

Are you as tired as me of the default layout of 404 error pages? Well now you can easily create your own and refer to it like this:

ErrorDocument 401 /error/401.php
ErrorDocument 403 /error/403.php
ErrorDocument 404 /error/404.php
ErrorDocument 500 /error/500.php

Set Default Email Address For Server Admin

Using the following code you can specify the default email address for the server’s admin.

ServerSignature EMail
SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN default@domain.com

Disable Display of Download Request

Usually when downloading something from a web site, you’ll be prompted if you wish to open the file or save it on your hard-disk. To prevent the server from prompting users wether they wish to open or save the file and to just save the file, use the following code:

AddType application/octet-stream .pdf
AddType application/octet-stream .zip
AddType application/octet-stream .mov

Found this and other useful web development info here:

http://devmoose.com/

Giving your WordPress website different different sidebar widgets for different sections is easy enough to do using a plugin called “Widget Context“.  Once you install this plugin you get some extra functionality in your dashboard’s widget menu.  When you put any widget into your sidebar you can choose what sections of you website this widget will show up on.  It can be displayed on your home page, blog page, single posts, single pages, search page, archive page and more. 

You can also use negative logic and hide that particular widget from certain sections.  Whatever works best for your design.  Here’s a look at the functionality block that gets added to your widget settings.  Just select where you want or don’t want that widget displayed, save, and your all set.

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If you haven’t upgraded to version 3.2 yet make sure your host is running php version 5 as this is now required by WordPress. You can get the Health Check plugin  ( wordpress.org/extend/plugins/health-check ) and check your install.  This will show you the exact version you are running.

You can also download this file,  testphp.zip  Unzip it and extract the file called test.php which you can ftp/upload to the root directory of your website.  Then in your browser enter www.yourdomain.com/test.php.  You get a page of info about the version and settings of the php system on the server you are using.

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