Title: htaccess problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# htaccess problem

 *  [llbbl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llbbl/)
 * (@llbbl)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-problem-4/)
 * My website is acting funky and I can’t figure out why one installation is working
   differently than another. I have a custom htaccess that I am using currently 
   on my main site here it is:
 * `
    IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$-[
   S=45] RewriteRule ^(gmail)/trackback/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&tb=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^(gmail)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,
   L] RewriteRule ^(gmail)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&feed
   =$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(gmail)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&
   paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(gmail)(/[0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&page
   =$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(linux-shortcuts-and-commands)/trackback/?$ /index.php?
   pagename=$1&tb=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(linux-shortcuts-and-commands)/feed/(feed
   |rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(linux-
   shortcuts-and-commands)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&feed
   =$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(linux-shortcuts-and-commands)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /
   index.php?pagename=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(linux-shortcuts-and-commands)(/[
   0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&page=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^feed/(feed|rdf
   |rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^(feed|rdf|rss|rss2
   |atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.
   php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^comments/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /
   index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^comments/(feed|rdf|rss
   |rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^comments/
   page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/feed/(
   feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^search/(.
   +)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^search/(.
   +)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?s=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^search/(.
   +)/?$ /index.php?s=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2
   |atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^category/(.
   +)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^category/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,
   L] RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^author/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&feed
   =$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?
   author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?
   $ /index.php?author_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/?$ /
   index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{
   1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&
   feed=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss
   |rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&
   monthnum=$2&day=$3&paged=$4 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-
   9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{
   4})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum
   =$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?
   $ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-
   9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L]
   RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2 [QSA,L]
   RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed
   =$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year
   =$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year
   =$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/?$ /index.php?year=$1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule
   ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/trackback/?$ /index.php?year=$1&
   monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&tb=1 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
   0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum
   =$2&day=$3&name=$4&feed=$5 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{
   1,2})/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=
   $3&name=$4&feed=$5 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([
   ^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&paged
   =$5 [QSA,L] RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?
   $ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&name=$4&page=$5 [QSA,L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * If I try to use the default one that wordpress creates when you goto /wp-admin/
   options-permalink.php than it stops working. Here is what that htaccess file 
   looks like:
 * `
    # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / 
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule./
   index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * The thing that I don’t understand is I uploaded the same theme to different wordpress
   install version and the default htaccess that you see above works!
 * The two sites are hosted on the same server just in different root folders. Using
   the same theme I am not sure why this problem would occur.

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 *  Thread Starter [llbbl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llbbl/)
 * (@llbbl)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-problem-4/#post-385213)
 * still not fixed. any ideas?
 *  Thread Starter [llbbl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llbbl/)
 * (@llbbl)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-problem-4/#post-385228)
 * I fixed it. I knew it would work because I moved all my content to a different
   domain and used the default one that wp generates.
 * So after deleting all the files for 2.0.1 and upgrading to 2.0.2 it worked fine.
   Not really sure why it wasn’t working in the first place. I had the default .
   htaccess contained within my custom one.

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 * Last reply from: [llbbl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llbbl/)
 * Last activity: [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-problem-4/#post-385228)
 * Status: not resolved

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