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Sometimes, it is important to allow access to a file or directory but don\u2019t require a sub domain. For example, when you upload a file or folder to your public_html directory, but WordPress shows a 404 error while attempting to access its file path. In such cases, you can create a rewrite condition within your .htaccess file to force your WordPress website to ignore the file path of that file. With this a file \u2013 e.g. domain.com\/file.html \u2013 will get displayed as is instead of embedded as part of the parent WordPress website.<\/p>\n

Steps to Edit WordPress to Ignore a File Path<\/h3>\n
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  1. Login to your account via SSH or cPanel File Editor, navigate to your WordPress directory.<\/li>\n
  2. Open your website with .htaccess file.<\/li>\n
  3. Check below the default WordPress .htaccess file:\n
    # BEGIN WordPress\r\n\r\nRewriteEngine On\r\nRewriteBase \/\r\nRewriteRule ^index\\.php$ \u2013 [L]\r\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f\r\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d\r\nRewriteRule . \/index.php [L]\r\n\r\n# END WordPress<\/pre>\n
    Add the below code above the RewriteCond lines, replacing file with the file path to your saved files:<\/p>\n
    RewriteCond $1 !^(\/file)<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  4. Then save your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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