WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall

Yes, the plugin works on Nginx Server and you will be guided for the redirects and nginx.conf settings.

The plugin also works with Apache, IIS, and LiteSpeed servers

This issue is most likely from setting the rewritten rules.

1. Make sure you purge the cache if you have cache plugins after you save the WP Ghost settings.
2. In case the .htaccess (for apache) or nginx.conf (for Nginx) or web. config (for IIS) is not writable you need to add the rewrites manually.
3. If you have Nginx server make sure you reload the Nginx after you save the settings.
4. If the theme is still not loading okay, contact us and we can set up the plugin for you for free.

You can find useful information here: https://wpghost.com/kb/

Don’t panic.

You can still access your site with the Safe URL that was downloaded when you saved the settings

Rename the plugin directory /wp-content/plugins/hide-my-wp so that the plugins won’t hide the wp-login.php path anymore

Login using http://domainname/wp-login.php and activate the plugin again.

Make sure you remember the secure parameter and it will be much easier.

Because of the Jetpack security in the WordPress.com website, WP Ghost can’t change the admin and login paths.

If you already activated Hide My Wp on WordPress.com, remove the directory /wp-content/plugins/hide-my-wp to disable the plugin.

No. You need to have custom permalinks set to ‘on’ in Settings > Permalinks.

You will get a notification on the Settings page if something is not set upright.

It’s better to switch to Default Mode in Settings > Hide My WP.

If you don’t, the plugin will automatically change your site back to the safe URLs and it will tell you what to do if you don’t have write permission for the config files

Yes. The Lite features of the WP Ghost plugin will always be free.

We will include all the required WordPress Security updates.

To unlock all the features, please visit: WP Ghost – Pricing Plan

Please follow this tutorial step by step to set up the WP Ghost for Nginx server:

Setup WP Ghost on Nginx Server
Configure WP Ghost On Nginx Web Server With Virtual Private Server

Install WP Ghost on Kinsta Server
Install WP Ghost on RunCloud Server
Install WP Ghost on WPMUDEV Server
Install WP Ghost on Ploi.io Server
Install WP Ghost on Flywheel Server
Install WP Ghost on Amazon AWS Lightsail Server

Changing the common WordPress paths will not guarantee that the WordPress CMS is completely hidden.

The old paths are still accessible and hackers are still able to inject SQL and Javascript into vulnerable installed plugins and themes.

Read more: How to Hide Your Site From WordPress Theme Detectors

The Free version of WP Ghost will not protect you from all hacker attacks. For extra security you need the premium version.

WP Ghost hides all the common paths and patterns used but bots to detect that you are using WordPress.

By default, WP Ghost changes the paths only in frontend.

We don’t recommend this but if you want to change the path also in the admin dashboard, add this line in wp-config.php file

define('HMW_ALWAYS_CHANGE_PATHS', true); 

Save the settings in WP Ghost and the WordPress paths will be changed in admin backend area.

By default, when you set WP Ghost plugin in Lite Mode, you can login only with the new login path.

To activate the option to access the new admin path and to be redirected to the new login path, do this:

Switch OFF the option WP Ghost > Change Paths > Admin Security > Hide the New Admin Path

Once you switch off the option and save the settings, when you access the new admin path, it will redirect to the new login path.

Customize Paths in WP Ghost