How do I skip wordpress’s 404 handling?
Native WordPress rules are designed to ignore any existing files and directories, including arbitrary PHP scripts. This is literally what this part of directives mean: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d So under normal circumstances WP just shouldn’t be involved with your request in any way. You may have some other rewrite rules interfering, possibly … Read more