wordpress htaccess file causes new files and folders to show 404 error?

Question

I have the following code in my htaccess file which is related to wordpress.

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

I created a new folder called test and when I try to access it from the browser, it shows a 404 error.

when I remove the code above from the htaccess file, I can access the new folder but the rest of the wordpress site breaks up. so I can't get rid of this code at all.

I tried adding this to the code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/test

so it looks like this:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/test
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

With no result and I still see the 404 error.

Could someone please advice on this issue?

I've tried many ways including this and still nothing works!!

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !(test) [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

@VasimVanzara, I haven't moved or transferred anything! I simply created a folder directly from the cPanel. I also created test files (test.php and test.html) and I still get the 404 error when I try to access them form the browser. — Rooz Far, May 01 '18 at 18:16

Vasim Shaikh · Answer 1 · 2018-05-01T18:48:31.880

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How to move WordPress installation to sub folder

Move wp-*, index.php, .htaccess to your new wordpress folder Edit wordpress/.htaccess:

Find this line: RewriteRule . /index.php [L] Make it: RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L] Create a new file in /path/to/www called .htaccess then add this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ https://www.example.com/ [L]

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^/wordpress/index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wordpress/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Another way to do move all thing in sub directory

rename htaccess to backhtaccess.
Login to admin
Go settings -> permalinks-> save changes. All done.

=========================UPDATED ANSWER==============================

Add this line in your themes functions.php:

include(ABSPATH . 'custom.php');

Explanation:

Your wp-config.php should contain the following code (near the bottom of the page):

/** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
    define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

They are saving the path to the wordpress installation to ABSPATH.

It will be something like "/var/www/foo/" or similar. So you can concat the ABSPATH with path to your file. If for example, your php file is located inside some folder like this "example.com/somefolder/custom.php" you would use

include(ABSPATH . 'somefolder/custom.php');

Hope this helps!

=======================Answer 3======================

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(test/.*)$ 
</IfModule>

You can whitelist a folde using

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(test|test/.*)$

Reference link :

.htaccess & Wordpress: Exclude folder from RewriteRule

edited May 01 '18 at 18:48

answered May 01 '18 at 18:08

Vasim Shaikh

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Referance : https://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory – Vasim Shaikh May 01 '18 at 18:13
I haven't moved or transferred anything! I simply created a folder directly from the cPanel. I also created test files (test.php and test.html) and I still get the 404 error when I try to access them form the browser. – Rooz Far May 01 '18 at 18:15
You mean public_html/test/test.html ? – Vasim Shaikh May 01 '18 at 18:17
public_html/test/test.php, public_html/test/test.html, public_html/test, public_html/test.html, public_html/test.php all give me 404 error. – Rooz Far May 01 '18 at 18:18
may I have url please – Vasim Shaikh May 01 '18 at 18:18
the url is only showing a 404 error. unfortunately I cannot share the URL in the public forum. – Rooz Far May 01 '18 at 18:21
Tried your updated suggestion and it didn't work! This issue is purely related to that part of the htaccess code I posted in my question because as I said, when I RMEOVE IT, I can access the files/folders that I created. I doubt you fully understood the question. – Rooz Far May 01 '18 at 18:36
The last code you posted causes other pages to break and they all show: Not Found error. – Rooz Far May 01 '18 at 18:57
can we have screenshare? – Vasim Shaikh May 01 '18 at 19:05
did you see referance link – Vasim Shaikh May 01 '18 at 19:09

wordpress htaccess file causes new files and folders to show 404 error?

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