Deny direct access to theme PHP files?

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Discussed in #366

^{Originally posted by jmcintyresage January 18, 2023}
Shortly after public launch, one of our Bootscore-based sites started getting hit with requests for the base theme's index.php and search.php files, resulting in fatal PHP errors because get_header() wasn't defined.

Would the developers consider adding code that would deny direct access to the base theme's PHP files? Something as simple as:

// Stop if this file is called directly
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;

Respectfully,
JIm

Theme

• Functions Split functions.php into smaller files #545
• WC functions Split wc-functions into smaller files #555
• Sidebar Use function for sidebar col width and responsive offcanvas #560
• Header 4fe913f
• Footer 07dd0a2
• Child bootscore/bootscore-child@3407e9f
• bS Loop templates Deny direct access bs-loop-templates#9
• Post templates Add deny direct access to the missing files #696
• Page templates Add deny direct access to the missing files #696
• Template parts Add deny direct access to the missing files #696
• Archive Add deny direct access to the missing files #696
• Search Add deny direct access to the missing files #696

template-parts

• content-none Improve header user, cart and checkout #602
• content-search Improve header user, cart and checkout #602
• actions-woocommerce Improve header user, cart and checkout #602
• actions Improve header user, cart and checkout #602
• offcanvas-woocommerce Improve header user, cart and checkout #602
• top-nav-search-collapse-woocommerce Add deny direct access to the missing files #696
• top-nav-search-collapse Add deny direct access to the missing files #696

Plugins

• bS Isotope https://github.com/bootscore/bs-isotope/pull/31
• bS Isotope CPT https://github.com/bootscore/bs-isotope-cpt/pull/2
• bS Swiper Deny direct access bs-swiper#40
• bS Grid Deny direct access bs-grid#20
• bS Preloader Deny direct access bs-preloader#12
• bS Contact Form 7 bootscore/bs-contact-form-7@b492db8
• bS Dark Mode https://github.com/bootscore/bs-dark-mode/pull/5/commits/c299859417c9c301970d814f0d3e3f8922fef254
• bS Cookie Settings bootscore/bs-cookie-settings@86cf2f5