To effectively disable that condition for that one URL-path, you will need to add another rule immediately before the rule in question. ie. before the # Abuse Agent Blocking comment. For example: # Allow an empty User-Agent for requests that start “/wp-content/uploads/xmls” RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/xmls – [S=1] # Abuse Agent Blocking RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} … Read more
I’m honestly struggling to comprehend this failure state – I believe I’ve reproduced the issue locally, and in my testing the RewriteRule directive hits but then WordPress processes the original input, resulting in a fairly catch-all attachment rewrite producing a query for a non-existent attachment. I may continue playing with it to try and figure … Read more
I don’t think that’s possible using .htaccess alone. Even if it were, what would be the usefulness of keeping a secret which would be displayed in plain text in the URL bar?
First, your additional line comes too late. The rule before catches everything you want to match. Second, it doesn’t what you want. Your … RewriteRule /([0-9]+/?)$ /about/latest-news/$1 [NC,L] … matches requests like example.com//0000000000000000000/ or example.com/about/latest-news/2010/ (infinite loop!). The first argument for RewriteRule omits the starting /. To match year archives you need rather: RewriteRule ^(\d\d\d\d)/?$ … Read more
Yes you need 301 redirection and you will carry on your SEO juice to the new URLs.
This is not a WordPress question. Anyway … RewriteRule ^blog/(.*) /$1 [L,R=301]
As per @Milo, I’m adding my comment above as an answer… Try going to example.com/blog/wp-admin/options-permalink.php. That should work, because the php file actually exists. If so, try updating your permalink options to a friendly version, like “Day and name”. This will put a new .htaccess in the blog directory — I’m thinking that that new … Read more
Comment out the lines and give it a try 😉 #AddType x-mapp-php5 .php #AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
This is possible, and it actually should be very easy for you to do. There are lots of ways that you could have this setup, depending on if your server is using cPanel, Plesk, etc. At its most basic, right now, your Apache virtual host points to your main web directory, maybe something like /var/www/, … Read more
WordPress responds to requests to a robots.txt with dynamic content if such a file does not exist. That’s one way how the settings from wp-admin/options-privacy.php are used. I recommend to create a static robots.txt, just to make sure no plugin is getting in your way. Sample robots.txt User-agent: * Disallow: /cgi-bin Disallow: /wp-admin Disallow: /wp-includes … Read more