🚀 Optimized WordPress Server Configuration#

🔒 HTTPS Server Block#

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/privkey.pem;

    client_max_body_size 256M;

    # Enable Gzip Compression
    gzip on;
    gzip_disable "msie6";
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_buffers 16 8k;
    gzip_http_version 1.1;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

    # Browser Caching for Static Assets
    location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|css|js|pdf|svg|woff|woff2|ttf|eot)$ {
        expires 30d;
        add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
    }

    # Dynamic Content with Caching
    set $no_cache 0;
    if ($request_method = POST) {
        set $no_cache 1;
    }
    if ($query_string != "") {
        set $no_cache 1;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header Connection "";

        proxy_cache my_cache;
        proxy_cache_valid 200 301 302 10m;
        proxy_cache_valid 404 1m;
        proxy_cache_bypass $no_cache;
        proxy_no_cache $no_cache;
        proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout updating;
        add_header X-Cache-Status $upstream_cache_status;
    }
}
🌐 HTTP Redirect Block
nginx
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server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;

    # Redirect non-www to www
    if ($host = "yourdomain.com") {
        return 301 https://www.yourdomain.com$request_uri;
    }

    return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
🗂 FastCGI Cache Path
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proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx/my_cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=my_cache:10m max_size=500m inactive=60m use_temp_path=off;
⚙️ Optimized .htaccess Configuration
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# WordPress Rewrite Rules
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# Gzip Compression
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain text/html text/xml text/css application/javascript application/json
</IfModule>

# Browser Caching
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month"
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
    ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days"
</IfModule>

# Block Image Hotlinking
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(www\.)?yourdomain.com [NC]
    RewriteRule \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$ - [NC,F,L]
</IfModule>

# Enable Keep-Alive
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Connection keep-alive
</IfModule>

# Disable Directory Browsing
Options -Indexes

# Protect wp-config.php
<Files wp-config.php>
    order allow,deny
    deny from all
</Files>