Title: Issue when using .Htaccess
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Issue when using .Htaccess

 *  [gregmurch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmurch/)
 * (@gregmurch)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-when-using-htaccess/)
 * HI,
    I coppied a .htaccess from another wordpress site anu uploaded it to my 
   server. This made the whole site 404 I deleted the .htaccess and the main page
   is now working again but no other page can be found they all 404.
 * The .Htaccess file contained
    AddHandler php55-script .php .php5 I am not sure
   what this does.
 * Have I broken the whole site?
    can this be repaired?
 * Greg

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-when-using-htaccess/#post-5914497)
 * You should be letting WordPress generate the .htaccess file by itself, and that
   way you’ll know that it’s correct for your site. Most times it’s OK to copy between
   sites, but sometimes it breaks, as you’ve seen here.
 * To generate it yourself is very easy. Just go to your ‘Settings -> Permalinks’
   page in your admin area, set the permalinks to ‘Default and save, and then set
   them back to what you have originally and save again. That will generate the 
   file, and your site should be all happy and working.
 *  Thread Starter [gregmurch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmurch/)
 * (@gregmurch)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-when-using-htaccess/#post-5914558)
 * Thanks it it all working again now.
 * When setting back to normal the .htaccess was not created.
    I uploaded a blank
   one Then setting the permalinks back to %postname% the system gave me a message
   saying “If your .htaccess file were writable, we could do this automatically,
   but it isn’t so these are the mod_rewrite rules you should have in your .htaccess
   file. Click in the field and press CTRL + a to select all.”
 * Permission are set to 0644
 *  Thread Starter [gregmurch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregmurch/)
 * (@gregmurch)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-when-using-htaccess/#post-5914564)
 * Also the Yoast, WordPress SEO plugin is not seeing the .htaccess file and Robots.
   txt
 * Could this be related?
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-when-using-htaccess/#post-5914622)
 * It is most likely related as the Yoast SEO plugin does use the .htaccess file
   to “create” the robots.txt file.
 * As far as permissions, if you set it to 666 it will be writable by the system,
   and you can set it back to 644 when it’s done with the writing.

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 * Last reply from: [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-when-using-htaccess/#post-5914622)
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