Title: Protect WP Config File from Phishing Attacks
Author: Michele Butcher-Jones
Published: <strong>5. Juli 2013</strong>
Last modified: 6. April 2016

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# Protect WP Config File from Phishing Attacks

 By [Michele Butcher-Jones](https://profiles.wordpress.org/m_butcher/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks.zip)

 * [Details](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/#installation)
 * [Development](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/)

## Description

** this plugin is no longer being update. Please feel free to adopt me! **

Returns a blank white page if people try to load the wp-config file (or backups 
of it) in a web browser.

This plugin is maintained by Christopher Ross, http://thisismyurl.com/ or you can
find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/thisismyurl/

### Aktualisierung

Updates to the plugin will be posted here, to http://thisismyurl.com/downloads/protect-
wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/

### Donations

If you would like to donate to help support future development of this tool, please
make a donation via http://thisismyurl.com/downloads/

## Installation

 1. Upload the full folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‚Plugins‘ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Questions

There have been no questions, please feel free to ask questions in the WordPress.
org forums.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Protect WP Config File from Phishing Attacks” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Michele Butcher-Jones ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/m_butcher/)
 *   [ christopherross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/christopherross/)

[Translate “Protect WP Config File from Phishing Attacks” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/)
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## Changelog

#### 15.01

 * moved CSS to child directories
 * added information page for plugin
 * tested for WordPress 4.1
 * removed icon file
 * Added OOP Class structure
 * Migrated common structure for plugins

#### 1.0.0 (2013-07-04)

 * Official release as a full, stable plugin.

## Meta

 *  Version **15.01**
 *  Last updated **11 Jahren ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.2.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.1.0**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/)
 * Tags
 * [protect](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/protect/)[security](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
   [wp-config](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-config/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Michele Butcher-Jones ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/m_butcher/)
 *   [ christopherross ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/christopherross/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/protect-wp-config-from-phishing-attacks/)

## Donate

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