Remove WordPress’ license.txt using plugin

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1. Solution is actually pretty straightforward.
   You need to create plugin which writes to .htaccess.

   1. In the /wp-content/plugins create licence_redirect folder.
   2. In that folder create licence_redirect.php file.
   3. Paste code below to this licence_redirect.php php file:

   <?php
   /*
   Plugin Name: Licence redirect
   Description: Redirects license.txt. to 404
   Author: J. Wrong
   Version: 0.1
   */
   ?>
   <?php
   function lr_flush_rewrites() {
       global $wp_rewrite;
       $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
   }
   
   function lr_add_rewrites() {
       global $wp_rewrite;
       $lr_wp_rules = array(
           'license.txt$' => '[R=404,L]',
       );
   
       $wp_rewrite->non_wp_rules = $lr_wp_rules + $wp_rewrite->non_wp_rules;
   }
   
   register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'lr_flush_rewrites' );
   add_action('generate_rewrite_rules', 'lr_add_rewrites');
   

   1. Install and activate plugin.
   2. In admin panel go to Setting -> Permalinks
   3. Press save changes
      From now on your license.txt requests will be redirected to 404.
      If you can’t create folders on server then you’ll need to zip the plugin’s folder and upload it using WP admin.
      Cheers… counting bounty now 😛

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2. You can’t. With a standard WordPress .htaccess, requests to static files are not passed to PHP at all, so there is no way to hook them.

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3. There is a plug-in that will do this for you. Just set the file you want to redirect and its target. It even keeps a log

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/

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