Excluding certain file extension in wordpress htaccess code

  • Resolved SEOguruNL

    (@seogurunl)


    13 years, 1 month ago

    The .htaccess code generated by wordpress performs its rewrite action when nor the file nor the directory exists. Ok, but here my problem.

    I don’t always want that to be the case: I have cgi-scripts running that also have to be rewritten. So therefore I would like the wordpress code in the .htaccess to exclude .cgi extensions. I could add an extra exclusion line in the wordpress code, but that code is overwritten by wordpress (when I change my permalink settings for example).

    Does anybody know of a better idea?

    Thanks a lot!

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  • Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    In your .htaccess file, above your # BEGIN WordPress line put in these lines:

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .*\.cgi - [L]
</IfModule>

    If those CGI files actually exist, then this shouldn’t be necessary. The WordPress additions to .htaccess should not be effecting any file or directory that actually exists; they check if the file or directory exists before engaging the rewrite rule.

    Thread Starter SEOguruNL

    (@seogurunl)

    That’s it!

    Jan, you are my hero today.

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