Title: Does Bulletproof security plugin work with nginx based wordpress server?
Last modified: April 30, 2017

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# Does Bulletproof security plugin work with nginx based wordpress server?

 *  Resolved [fb3000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fb3000/)
 * (@fb3000)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bulletproof-security-plugin-work-with-nginx-based-wordpress-server/)
 * We use wordpress with nginx and not apache. Will Bulletproof still work since
   we do not use .htaccess

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 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bulletproof-security-plugin-work-with-nginx-based-wordpress-server/#post-9083286)
 * Do you have a 100% Nginx setup or do you have Nginx running as a frontend Reverse
   Proxy and Apache on the backend? Just want to make sure before moving forward
   since that is the most common setup. 😉
 *  Thread Starter [fb3000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fb3000/)
 * (@fb3000)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bulletproof-security-plugin-work-with-nginx-based-wordpress-server/#post-9083326)
 * I have a 100% Nginx setup.
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bulletproof-security-plugin-work-with-nginx-based-wordpress-server/#post-9083341)
 * Probably the smartest/simplest move would be to disable htaccess files using 
   this Setup Wizard option > Enable|Disable htaccess File. Nginx does have a converter
   for Apache htaccess code, which I believe was called something like “Url Rewrite
   Module”. Been a while since I looked at that, but I believe Nginx is trying to“
   get away from that” if you catch my drift. 😉
 *  Thread Starter [fb3000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fb3000/)
 * (@fb3000)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bulletproof-security-plugin-work-with-nginx-based-wordpress-server/#post-9083361)
 * Thanks. It looks like I can easily convert htaccess to the same nginx rewrite
   rules so I don’t have an issue with that. I can also disable htaccess files as
   you suggest so no problem with that even though I’m not clear if that removes
   a lot of the features/benefits of the plugin.
 * Also, I’m not clear about if everything else in Bulletproof Security Plugin (
   BPS) will work. Is there still value in installing and using both the free and
   pro parts of the plugin if I’m only running 100% nginx or should I look to just
   do it myself or look at other plugins because this one is really only optimized
   for sites using apache web server.
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bulletproof-security-plugin-work-with-nginx-based-wordpress-server/#post-9083391)
 * Ok well worst case scenario if BPS does not work for you then you would just 
   need to delete the root and wp-admin htaccess files if a problem occurs. Choosing
   the BPS Setup Wizard option to disable htaccess files should ensure that you 
   would not run into a problem on your Nginx server. The other security features
   should work fine for you or of course yeah you can try another security plugin.
   😉
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/).
 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-bulletproof-security-plugin-work-with-nginx-based-wordpress-server/#post-9114241)
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