Protecting your wp-admin via htaccess

[Jace]

because of all the exploits and hackers that exist I made it a habit long ago to protect my wp admin by htaccess limiting acces to my ip only

anyone else do this?

If you need the code let me know :)

[nofx]

whats the code?

i'm interested

[Jace]

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 12.34.56.78
</Limit>

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12.34.56.78 being your ip address

just drop that in the wp-admin directory, and only the person with that ip address can get in there.....you have to change it every time your ip changes, but worth the hassle :)