location / {
        # This is cool because no php is touched for static content.
        # include the "?$args" part so non-default permalinks doesn't break when using query string
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }

    location ~* /xmlrpc.php$ {
        allow 127.0.0.1;
        deny all;
    }

    if ($request_method !~ ^(GET|POST)$ ) {
        return 444;
    }

    location ~ /\.(svn|git)/* {
        deny all;
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
    }
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
    }
    location ~ /\.user.ini { 
        deny all; 
        access_log off;
        log_not_found off;
    }