WordPress’s .htaccess rules can differ depending on installed plugins.
If you want to see what yours would be without customizations, follow these steps:
- Access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on these), and rename the .htaccess file to just htaccess (remove the dot). If you can’t find a .htaccess file, ensure that you have set your SFTP or FTP client to view invisible files.
- Visit Settings > Permalinks in your Dashboard, and re-save your permalink structure.
- Access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, and compare the new .htaccess file to the old htaccess file with a plain text editor.
You can restore the old file at any time by deleting the new .htaccess file and adding the dot back to the front of the old htaccess file.