{"id":424,"date":"2022-12-09T21:14:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T21:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heyletslearnsomething.com\/wp\/?p=424"},"modified":"2022-12-09T21:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T21:14:26","slug":"disable-directory-listing-browsing-wodpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heyletslearnsomething.com\/wp\/disable-directory-listing-browsing-wodpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable directory listing (browsing) in WordPress? | 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-1ifyq-bc06121748c5a3fb7f97d3be990fa241 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l98ijh7e-f6aa9ab7ce76f4b5210baeaf403cb1ca\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l98ijh7e-f6aa9ab7ce76f4b5210baeaf403cb1ca{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l98ijh7e-f6aa9ab7ce76f4b5210baeaf403cb1ca .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l98ijh7e-f6aa9ab7ce76f4b5210baeaf403cb1ca .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l98ijh7e-f6aa9ab7ce76f4b5210baeaf403cb1ca av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How to disable directory listing (browsing) in WordPress? | 2022<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l7d84lcx-e1c17895a43cfd1ffb416a2123f2a1d3\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-l7d84lcx-e1c17895a43cfd1ffb416a2123f2a1d3{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-l7d84lcx-e1c17895a43cfd1ffb416a2123f2a1d3 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_video '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-video av-l7d81qoc-eda0e78f88d027c497381f1593354f8e avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always av-lazyload-immediate av-lazyload-video-embed'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/youtu.be\/QFT63M6ScRg'><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe title=\"How to disable directory listing (browsing) in WordPress?|2022 #WordPress 29\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFT63M6ScRg?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l7d7i0hk-e86c7cc97cd19d8cae1653cdc259a8f5 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>WordPress Security: For any WordPress user if you go to your Website URL and add \/wp-includes\/css and see a list of files and folders means your directory listing is enabled. 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