First, you should not customize anything between # BEGIN WordPress and # END WordPress, it’s just not a good practice. You should add your own rules above WP rules. And you should also make use of some flags, like “L”. # BEGIN Custom <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> Options All -Indexes RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on … Read more
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.oldomain.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://newdomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
Did you also change the site URL in the settings? WordPress needs correct settings for these, otherwise the login page on steamsigs.com will still do the post to amazon40.com and you’ll never get the correct cookies set.
Have you tried the Smart 404 plugin? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-404/
You can revert to the default WordPress rewrite rules. This line already handles checking for existing physical directories: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d Your problem does not lie with WordPress, but with some other problem with your server/htaccess files. You have not provided enough information to solve your problem, but it probably is an issue with file … Read more
I think you should take a step back and clarify what you are actually trying to do. Usually with WordPress there is no need to throw around with crazy redirects, virtual pages and file includes. Although you can do all these things (mentioning WP_Rewrite). When all you want is passing parameters to a page all … Read more
Please change the permissions of .htaccess to read-only by accessing it via SFTP, SSH, cPanel ‘File Manager’ or whatever the tool you have.
There are rewrite rules involved, so I believe the order does indeed matter. Your suggested order looks correct.
Be aware, the AJAX file admin-ajax.php is in the wp-admin directory too. So I guess your site is using AJAX to send requests in the background to the admin directory. Clicking it away lets the AJAX request fail, but the error isn’t displayed. Change the .htaccess to: AuthType Basic AuthName ‘YOUR_AUTH_NAME’ AuthUserFile PATH_TO_HTPASSWORD <Files ‘*’> … Read more
With localhost, you need to make sure that your mod_rewrite is on. You can do this in your httpd.conf file in MAMP. MAMP > CONF > APACHE > ORIGINAL > httpd.conf. Uncomment this line: LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so