Title: .htaccess multisite problem Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # .htaccess multisite problem * Resolved [morisato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morisato/) * (@morisato) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-multisite-problem/) * Hello, today I ran into a problem for the second time (I don’t know how I solved it last time) * After I deleted my .htaccess and later put it back whole website stopped working with the message that the site is in the redirect loop. Website now works with the standard .htaccess code mentioned on [http://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Multisite_Network_Administration), but it can’t work with the old .htaccess file * This is the code from the old .htaccess file. Please, I need help to get it back as it was. The main part of website is [http://www.rentiraj.rs](http://www.rentiraj.rs) the second part which is not working is [http://www.rentiraj.rs/belgrade-apartments](http://www.rentiraj.rs/belgrade-apartments) * _[ Moderator Note: [Please post code](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code) or markup snippets between backticks or use the code button. Please don’t use blockquote. ]_ * ``` rewriteengine on rewriterule ^ "^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+\/(\.*\.php)$" [R=302,L] #[L] rewriterule ^ "^[_0-9a-zA-Z-]+\/(wp-(content|admin|includes)\.*)" [R=302,L] #[L] # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache AddType text/css .css AddType application/x-javascript .js AddType text/x-component .htc AddType text/html .html .htm AddType text/richtext .rtf .rtx AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz AddType text/plain .txt AddType text/xsd .xsd AddType text/xsl .xsl AddType text/xml .xml AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx AddType video/avi .avi AddType image/bmp .bmp AddType application/java .class AddType video/divx .divx AddType application/msword .doc .docx AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot AddType application/x-msdownload .exe AddType image/gif .gif AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip AddType image/x-icon .ico AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb AddType audio/midi .mid .midi AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp AddType application/x-font-otf .otf AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula .odf AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt AddType audio/ogg .ogg AddType application/pdf .pdf AddType image/png .png AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx AddType audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf AddType application/x-tar .tar AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc AddType audio/wav .wav AddType audio/wma .wma AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw AddType application/zip .zip ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType text/css A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A31536000 ExpiresByType text/x-component A31536000 ExpiresByType text/html A3600 ExpiresByType text/richtext A3600 ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A3600 ExpiresByType text/plain A3600 ExpiresByType text/xsd A3600 ExpiresByType text/xsl A3600 ExpiresByType text/xml A3600 ExpiresByType video/asf A31536000 ExpiresByType video/avi A31536000 ExpiresByType image/bmp A31536000 ExpiresByType application/java A31536000 ExpiresByType video/divx A31536000 ExpiresByType application/msword A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A31536000 ExpiresByType image/gif A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A31536000 ExpiresByType image/x-icon A31536000 ExpiresByType image/jpeg A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/midi A31536000 ExpiresByType video/quicktime A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A31536000 ExpiresByType video/mp4 A31536000 ExpiresByType video/mpeg A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/ogg A31536000 ExpiresByType application/pdf A31536000 ExpiresByType image/png A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A31536000 ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-tar A31536000 ExpiresByType image/tiff A31536000 ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000 ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A31536000 ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A31536000 ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000 BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css application/x-javascript text/x-component text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon Header set Pragma "public" Header append Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate" FileETag MTime Size Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.5" Header set Pragma "public" Header append Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate" FileETag MTime Size Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.5" Header set Pragma "public" Header append Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate" FileETag MTime Size Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.5" # END W3TC Browser Cache # BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core RewriteBase / # END W3TC Page Cache core # BEGIN WordPress RewriteBase / # BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core RewriteBase / # END W3TC Page Cache core # uploaded files # add a trailing slash to /wp-admin # END WordPress rewriterule ^(.*\/)?w3tc_rewrite_test$ $1?w3tc_rewrite_test=1 [L] rewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([a-z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-z]+)\.?(:[0-9]+)?$ rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_DOMAIN:%2] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(belgrade-apartments)/ rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_BLOGNAME:%1.] rewritecond %{HTTPS} =on rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] rewritecond %{SERVER_PORT} =443 rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] rewritecond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_ENC:_gzip] rewritecond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST rewritecond %{QUERY_STRING} ="" rewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.rentiraj.rs rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} \/$ [OR] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} (sitemap(_index)?\.xml(\.gz)?|[a-z0-9_\-]+-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml(\.gz)?) [NC] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\/wp-admin\/|\/xmlrpc.php|\/wp-(app|cron|login|register|mail)\.php|\/feed\/|wp-.*\.php|index\.php) [NC,OR] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} (wp-comments-popup\.php|wp-links-opml\.php|wp-locations\.php) [NC] rewritecond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp-postpass|wordpress_\[a-f0-9\]\+|wordpress_logged_in) [NC] rewritecond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !(W3\ Total\ Cache/0\.9\.2\.5) [NC] rewritecond "%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/w3tc-%{ENV:W3TC_BLOGNAME}%{ENV:W3TC_DOMAIN}/pgcache/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_REF}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" -f rewriterule .* "/wp-content/w3tc-%{ENV:W3TC_BLOGNAME}%{ENV:W3TC_DOMAIN}/pgcache/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_REF}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" [L] rewriterule ^index\.php$ - [L] rewriterule ^(.*\/)?w3tc_rewrite_test$ $1?w3tc_rewrite_test=1 [L] rewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([a-z0-9\-\.]+\.[a-z]+)\.?(:[0-9]+)?$ rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_DOMAIN:%2] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(belgrade-apartments)/ rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_BLOGNAME:%1.] rewritecond %{HTTPS} =on rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] rewritecond %{SERVER_PORT} =443 rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_SSL:_ssl] rewritecond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip rewriterule .* - [E=W3TC_ENC:_gzip] rewritecond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST rewritecond %{QUERY_STRING} ="" rewritecond %{HTTP_HOST} =www.rentiraj.rs rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} \/$ [OR] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} (sitemap(_index)?\.xml(\.gz)?|[a-z0-9_\-]+-sitemap([0-9]+)?\.xml(\.gz)?) [NC] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\/wp-admin\/|\/xmlrpc.php|\/wp-(app|cron|login|register|mail)\.php|\/feed\/|wp-.*\.php|index\.php) [NC,OR] rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} (wp-comments-popup\.php|wp-links-opml\.php|wp-locations\.php) [NC] rewritecond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp-postpass|wordpress_\[a-f0-9\]\+|wordpress_logged_in) [NC] rewritecond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !(W3\ Total\ Cache/0\.9\.2\.4) [NC] rewritecond "%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/w3tc-%{ENV:W3TC_BLOGNAME}%{ENV:W3TC_DOMAIN}/pgcache/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_REF}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" -f rewriterule .* "/wp-content/w3tc-%{ENV:W3TC_BLOGNAME}%{ENV:W3TC_DOMAIN}/pgcache/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_UA}%{ENV:W3TC_REF}%{ENV:W3TC_SSL}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" [L] rewriterule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?files/(.+) wp-includes/ms-files.php?file=$2 [L] rewriterule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?wp-admin$ $1wp-admin/ [R=301,L] rewritecond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] rewritecond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d rewriterule ^ - [L] rewriterule . index.php [L] ``` Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [masonjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masonjames/) * (@masonjames) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-multisite-problem/#post-3576486) * Hiya, * So the .htaccess file you’ve posted here doesn’t appear all that different from the default, except that there’s a ton of rules that appear to be added by W3 Total Cache. * My recommendation would be to uninstall that plugin, remove all the records ( essentially replace the .htaccess file to the standard default one that you’ve found works) and then try re-installing W3 Total Cache. * Here’s a pretty excellent article on making sure W3 is setup correctly: [http://c3mdigital.com/reduce-page-loading-time-w3-total-cache/](http://c3mdigital.com/reduce-page-loading-time-w3-total-cache/) * Hope this helps. Thanks! * Thread Starter [morisato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/morisato/) * (@morisato) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-multisite-problem/#post-3576496) * Thanks for the reply. Late in the last night I somehow figured that this is the problem. I deactivated W3 Total Cache and it started to work. * Anyhow , thank you for the answer, you’ve figured it all out. * Many thanks for the link. * Best regards * Milos * [masonjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masonjames/) * (@masonjames) * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-multisite-problem/#post-3576514) * Great! Glad it’s all sorted for ya 🙂 Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘.htaccess multisite problem’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [masonjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masonjames/) * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-multisite-problem/#post-3576514) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics