Voulez-vous désactiver la navigation dans les répertoires dans WordPress ?
La navigation dans les répertoires peut mettre votre site en danger en affichant des informations importantes aux pirates, qui peuvent être utilisées pour exploiter des vulnérabilités dans les extensions, les thèmes ou même le serveur d’hébergement de votre site.
Dans cet article, nous allons vous afficher comment vous pouvez désactiver la navigation dans les répertoires sur WordPress.
Quel est l’effet de la désactivation de la navigation dans les répertoires sur WordPress ?
Chaque fois que quelqu’un visite votre site, votre serveur web traite cette demande.
En général, le serveur fournit un fichier d’index au navigateur de l’internaute, tel que index.html. Toutefois, si le serveur ne trouve pas de fichier index, il peut afficher tous les fichiers et dossiers du répertoire demandé.
C’est ce qu’on appelle la navigation dans les répertoires, et elle est souvent activée par défaut sur votre serveur d’hébergement.
Si vous avez déjà visité un site et vu une liste de fichiers et de dossiers au lieu d’une page web, vous avez vu la navigation dans les répertoires en action.
Le problème est que les pirates peuvent utiliser la navigation dans les répertoires pour voir les fichiers qui composent votre site, y compris tous les thèmes et extensions que vous utilisez.
Si l’un de ces thèmes ou extensions présente des vulnérabilités connues, les pirates peuvent alors utiliser ces connaissances pour prendre le contrôle de votre blog ou site WordPress, voler vos données ou effectuer d’autres actions.
Les attaquants peuvent également utiliser la navigation dans les répertoires pour consulter les informations confidentielles contenues dans vos fichiers et dossiers. Ils peuvent même copier le contenu de votre site, y compris le contenu que vous feriez habituellement payer, comme les téléchargements d’ebooks ou les cours en ligne.
C’est pourquoi il est considéré comme une bonne pratique de désactiver la navigation dans les répertoires dans WordPress.
Comment vérifier si la navigation dans les répertoires est activée dans WordPress?
La façon la plus simple de vérifier si la navigation dans les répertoires est actuellement activée pour votre site WordPress est de visiter le lien du dossier /wp-includes/ comme ceci : https://example.com/wp-includes/.
Remplacez www.example.com par l’URL de votre site.
Si vous obtenez un message 403 Forbidden ou un message similaire, c’est que la navigation dans les répertoires est déjà désactivée sur votre site WordPress.
Si vous voyez une liste de fichiers et de dossiers à la place, cela signifie que la navigation dans les répertoires est activée pour votre site.
Comme cela rend votre site plus vulnérable aux attaques, vous voudrez généralement bloquer la navigation dans les répertoires dans WordPress.
Comment désactiver la navigation dans les répertoires sur WordPress
Pour désactiver l’inscription au répertoire, vous devez ajouter du code au fichier .htaccess de votre site.
Pour accéder au fichier, vous aurez besoin d’un client FTP, ou vous pouvez utiliser l’application de gestion de fichiers dans le panneau de contrôle de votre hébergeur WordPress.
Si c’est la première fois que vous utilisez le protocole FTP, vous pouvez consulter notre guide complet sur la façon de se connecter à votre site à l’aide du protocole FTP.
Après vous être connecté à votre site, ouvrez simplement le dossier « public » de votre site et trouvez le fichier .htaccess. Vous pouvez modifier le fichier .htaccess en le téléchargeant sur votre ordinateur, puis en l’ouvrant dans un éditeur/éditrices de texte tel que le Bloc-notes.
Tout en bas du fichier, il suffit d’ajouter le code suivant :
Options -Indexes
Il se présentera comme suit :
Une fois que vous avez terminé, enregistrez votre fichier .htaccess et téléversez-le sur votre serveur à l’aide d’un client FTP.
Voilà, c’est fait. Maintenant, si vous visitez la même URL http://example.com/wp-includes/, vous obtiendrez un message 403 Forbidden ou un message similaire.
Astuce d’expert : Si vous pensez que votre site WordPress a été piraté, alors consultez notre guide pour corriger un site WordPress piraté. Alternativement, vous pouvez jeter un coup d’œil à notre service de réparation de site WordPress piraté professionnel et embaucher des experts professionnels en sécurité WordPress pour nettoyer votre site.
Nous espérons que cet article vous a aidé à apprendre comment désactiver la navigation dans les répertoires sur WordPress. Vous pouvez également consulter notre guide ultime de sécurité WordPress ou voir notre choix d’experts des meilleures extensions de sécurité WordPress.
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Jiří Vaněk
Thanks for the advice. On directory browsing, or that I have it enabled, the AIO SEO plugin keeps warning me. I have currently solved the problem by making the folders have an index file that is empty. Is it possible to take this as one of the possible solutions?
WPBeginner Support
You can try that method but we would still recommend the htaccess method from our guide.
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Jiří Vaněk
Thanks for the advice, I finally used the Options -Indexes method now and AIO SEO already reports the problem as solved. Thanks again.
Ka Khaliq
After editing the htaccess file as per the provided guidelines, I do see 403 Forbidden message for /wp-includes/. But I’m unable to see edit any post. Upon editing a post, I see the same 403 Forbidden message. How to solve this?
WPBeginner Support
There may be an issue with your file permissions, we would recommend taking a look at our guide below for fixing your permissions:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-fix-the-403-forbidden-error-in-wordpress/
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Ka Khaliq
The issue resolved after clearing the web history/cache.
Thanks for your time.
Dina D
Thank you so much! Clear, concise, and easy to follow. Thank you so much!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome!
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Rabee Khan
Thank You… precise and easy to understand!
WPBeginner Support
Glad our guide was helpful!
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Kimmy
Thanks for the two-word solution! Lol. Worked perfectly!
WPBeginner Support
Glad we could help!
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Seashell
I was shocked to see the folders accessible right in the browser.
Thanks for your solution!
WPBeginner Support
Glad we could help!
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Deepak Kumar
Its work like charm. Article on wpbeginners like ready to go solution. Keep it up.
Ayo
How do I now solve the 404 error that comes after?
Pradip Singh
I am in love with this website. Every day I am surprised when I read a new article from this website. Thankfully I read this article today and immediately I implemented the advice.
WPBeginner Support
Glad you found our content helpful
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Sourabh
Will it block CDNs from accessing my website for static content?
WPBeginner Support
No, it will not.
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sami
Does this method affect google crawling .. is it SEO friendly?
WPBeginner Support
It should not affect search engines crawling your site.
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Meera Shaikh
Thanks its Done
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Pradeep
Thanks my friend, I just try this and it’s work.
You are the genius.
WPBeginner Support
Glad our guide was helpful
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mousam
Thank you. I applied and it worked.
You guys are the best source for learning wordpress.
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You’re welcome, glad our guide was helpful
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Kevine
Thank you very much for this. It solved my problem.
Thanks again.
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, glad our guide was helpful
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malika
Thank you for sharing information!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Jonthan
So is it ok to have this code on .htaccess file even when an index.php file is present in the root folder.
Kindly respond.
WPBeginner Support
Yes
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Teresa Cuervo
Do you need Filezila to do this or can you go to the FTP via Cpanel and do this?
Thank you
WPBeginner Support
You can use either, not all hosts have a file manager is why we show Filezilla
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michael
Hello
does this action affect pages indexing on search engines?
and does it make some problems for indexed pages of my WordPress website?
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
No, it would not affect that negatively.
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Rhen Castrodes
Thank you. it works
WPBeginner Support
Glad our recommendation was able to help you
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John
Thank you! It works even now in 2020.
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome
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Shams
Amazing post,
Just have simple question, I added this code and it’s working, the question is Google indexes those page e.g sitecom/wp-contents/2019/2, will Google remove those pages automatically now as these are 404. Or I should remove it in Search Console?
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
This code should not make your direct links to images and files turn into 404s
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Bill
Hello!
I recently applied this rule
and at the same day the front page of my blog
got vanished from google index.
Do you see any connection?
WPBeginner Support
Adding this to your htaccess should not affect your indexing, there are multiple reasons and you would want to check your Google Search Console for what it says about your home page.
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Ionel G
Thanks for all the tips that you provide!
I am still wondering how can you hide the wp-content & wp-include folder from sources? I hate it when someone goes right click and source it can see all of my plugins :). Do you have any script for this?
Thank you in advance!
WPBeginner Support
We do not have a recommended method for that at the moment, the most common reason you can’t see those folders in dev tools is a site’s cache.
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Mayur
Could you please tell me How can i disable WordPress in sub folder like my WordPress install on [www.mydomain.com] and i want to disable wordpress in [www.mydomain.com/customscript]
WPBeginner Support
You may want to first take a look at creating a custom page template: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-a-custom-page-in-wordpress/
Otherwise, you would need to create a folder with that name and inside that folder add an index.html file for a nonWordPress page to appear.
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Rafael
Thank you. Worked perfectly for all browsers.
Dipankar
but wp-content is showing . how to remove it as well.
Deatram
I disabled directory browsing, but still someone can see my directory when they use developer tools in chrome browser. How do I disable in that as well?
Faeze
I added the line that you said in .htaccess but it showes my directories yet .
What should I do now??
Nathan
When I click « Save Changes » on the Permalink Settings page the .htaccess file is updated, erasing the « Options -Indexes » code that I inputted. The code works fine, but I am concerned I will unknowingly delete it while performing some other task. Are there any other dashboard settings changes that I should know about that may affect the .htaccess file and erase the code? Thanks
Tôi Sống
Awesome, it work very good!
Baggio
Huge fan of wpbeginner, Optin Monster – I got so many useful tips and tricks on WP – and I have to say, the site design is just brilliant. And of course, the content here is epicly useful.
Thanks guys!
daniel
Hey! It doesnt seem to work. if i pull an image to another page its opened with a link of: example.com/wp-content/uploads/…
Any idea? thanks!
WPBeginner Support
Hey Daniel,
Your images and files inside directories can still be directly accessed. However, server will not let someone directly browse a directory and see its contents.
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Axel Jebens
I would appreciate if you could iterate on this. I had a hard time when trying to get a solution for this issue. There are some ideas based on a htaccess redirecting to a php file that first checks if the user is logged on. Is there any plugin which provides such a function?
Ünal Hoca
Thank you
Khalid Mahmud
Thank you. It’s working…….
Kim
Sorry to late ask. I want to know, are these techniques safe to use regarding SEO score ? Hope you answer !
WPBeginner Support
Yes, they are.
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Kimmy
Still works pretty well. Awesome, simple, and working. Thanks!
Charles
I have been writing this same code for weeks now but my directory remains visible to users. Pls what am doing wrong? Or could it be that my site is still loading from cached contents? Everybody says it is working but my own experience is different. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks in anticipation of your reply.
Kimmy
What part are you having trouble on? What is your hosting provider btw?
Lily
Thank you. Worked like a charm!
Prakash
This Above Trick Is Not Working Man….
Mike
Is there a way to allow viewing a directory but just hide the Parent Directory link for a specific page? This would be a network share folder that multiple people would access, and have sub folders which would still require a parent directory listing. I just don’t want anyone going above the shared folder.
Christian Nastari
This didn’t work for me. I tried before and after #END WordPress and didn’t work. I also tried « Options All -Indexes », but didn’t work either
hrwhisper
very helpful, thank you very much
nitai
Really great. today I just faced and thinking how can I disallow like joomla and I found the exact solution.
Rob Myrick
This was very helpful and quick – thank you
Anita in SD
Thanks so much, was dismayed to see images from my site going to a parent directory :0. This was very helpful and worked well.
Blessings – A
Heather Jacobsen
Thanks for this tutorial. It worked great for hiding my uploads from anyone just wanting to browse that directory. One question, though. Does this by chance turn off the ability of search engines to browse my website. Sorry if it seems like a dumb question. I am a newbie, after all.
Wasil Burki
I added the Options -Indexes code to the htaccess file, however now I am not able to access the site I get a 503 error. Am I doing something wrong? Need help bad!! Thanks
Ted
The problem I have is that I can see the directory of this wordpress site, so if you are using this solution then it doesn’t work… (theme wpbv4)
Rahul
Thank you so much for the tutorial!
I was very concerned when I discovered some of my theme directories could be browsed. All good now, thanks to your tutorial. I never knew .htaccess packed in so much punch.