Harden wordpress security nginx

wordpress.conf

############ WordPress ####################

location @empty {
  empty_gif;
}

# Limit access to avoid brute force attack
# if you getting error please add this (limit_req_zone $binary_remote_addr zone=one:10m rate=1r/s;) to your /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
# location = /wp-login.php {
#   limit_req zone=one burst=1 nodelay;
#   include fastcgi_params;
#   fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
#}

#Deny access to wp-content folders for suspicious files
location ~* ^/(wp-content)/(.*?)\.(zip|gz|tar|bzip2|7z)\$ {
  deny all;
}

location ~ ^/wp-content/uploads/sucuri {
  deny all;
}

location ~ ^/wp-content/updraft {
  deny all;
}

#Disable execution of scripts other than PHP from your document root
location ~* .(pl|cgi|py|sh|lua|asp)$ {
   return 444;
}

#Disable access to your configuration files and other files that you don’t want to users are able to see
location ~* /(wp-config.php|readme.html|license.txt|nginx.conf) {
   deny all;
}

# Disable wp-config.txt
location = /wp-config.txt {
    deny all;
    access_log off;
    log_not_found off;
}

# Disallow php in upload folder and add webp rewrite
location /wp-content/uploads/ {
    location ~ \.php$ {
    #Prevent Direct Access Of PHP Files From Web Browsers
        deny all;
    }
    # webp rewrite rules
    location ~ \.(png|jpe?g)$ {
        add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding";
        add_header "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" "*";
        add_header Cache-Control "public, no-transform";
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
        expires max;
        try_files $uri  $uri =404;
    }
}

# nginx block xmlrpc.php requests
location /xmlrpc.php {
  deny all;
  access_log off;
  log_not_found off;
  return 444;
}

# nginx block wpscann on plugins folder
location ~* ^/wp-content/plugins/.+\.(txt|log|md)$ {
  deny all;
  error_page 403 =404 / ;
}

# block access to install.php and upgrade.php
location ^~ /wp-admin/install.php {
  deny all;
  error_page 403 =404 / ;
}

location ^~ /wp-admin/upgrade.php {
  deny all;
  error_page 403 =404 / ;
}

# stop user enumeration
if ($args ~ "^/?author=([0-9]*)"){
  set $rule_0 1$rule_0;
}

if ($rule_0 = "1"){
   rewrite ^/$ https://next100years.org.uk/404 permanent;
}

# Deny access to any files with a .php extension in the uploads directory
# Works in sub-directory installs and also in multisite network
# Keep logging the requests to parse later (or to pass to firewall utilities such as fail2ban)
location ~* /(?:uploads|files)/.*\.php$ {
   deny all;
}


# Stop scann for the follow files on plugins folder
location ~* ^/wp-content/plugins/.+\.(txt|log|md)$ {
      deny all;
      error_page 403 =404 / ;
}

# Stop scann for the follow files on themes folder
location ~* ^/wp-content/themes/.+\.(txt|log|md)$ {
      deny all;
      error_page 403 =404 / ;
}


#This module will allow us to pattern match certain key files and inject random text in the files that
# is non-destructive / non-invasive and will most importantly alter the md5sum calculated on such files. All transparent to WPScan.
location ~* ^/(license.txt|wp-includes/(.*)/.+\.(js|css)|wp-admin/(.*)/.+\.(js|css))$ {
    sub_filter_types text/css text/javascript text/plain;
    sub_filter_once on;
    sub_filter ';' '; /* $msec */ ';
}