Default HTACCESS File for WordPress

First published 8 January 2015

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Looking for the default .htaccess file for WordPress? Here it goes. Simply create a .htaccess file and upload it on your root directory.

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress