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1. edeuinu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello,

   I seem to be having an issue with my .htaccess file. I get random 500 errors, auto-log off, or just very slow loading times on my site, all the time.

   I discovered, if I delete/rename my .htaccess file, everything works except the permalinks. Homepage works, I can use the WP Backend, upload images, etc.

   I tried to do some digging in forums and such but no luck.
   I changed some of the settings as far as permalinks go but didn't see any change.

   Also, what I found curious, if the few others blogs I have setup (just not using that much) don't have an .htaccess file even in the root.

   Anyway, my stuff:
   site: http://theothercastle.com
   php: 4
   provider: 1&1
   wp: 2.7

   .htaccess contents

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

   # END WordPress

   Thanks for any help on this, I really appreciate it.

2. musnake
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   So much of this depends on your particular server environment that what works for me, may not work for you...

   Options +FollowSymLinks
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   
   # Don't let anyone read this file
   <Files .htaccess>
   order deny,allow
   deny from all
   </Files>
   
   # 301 redirect www to non-www
   # There are more generic ways of doing this, I know...
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.mydomain.com [NC]
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mydomain.com/$1 [L,R=301,NE]
   
   # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
   RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]
   
   # Just WP files, no evil garbage on URL's
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
   RewriteRule . - [L]
   RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
   RewriteRule  ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
   RewriteRule . index.php [L]
   
   #Allows me to use the ajaxy file uploader
   <IfModule mod_security.c>
   <Files async-upload.php>
   SecFilterEngine Off
   SecFilterScanPOST Off
   </Files>
   </IfModule>

3. edeuinu
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I can try that, would you know why the other WP blogs I have setup on the same server did not create an .htaccess (and work fine) but this one did? I just made it 2 weeks ago.

   *edit* No luck on that one.

4. f1f
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm in a similar position: using 1&1, get random 500 Errors, no idea why. Have just tried switching to default permalinks, deleting .htaccess and switxhing back to day & name permalinks. Now I don't have a .htaccess file but the site seems to work. Now I just have to wait and see if the 500 Errors come back.

   More on my problem here:

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/239586?replies=10#post-1003843

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