Title: htaccess code translation
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# htaccess code translation

 *  [TorontoPodcaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bizwriter/)
 * (@bizwriter)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-code-translation/)
 * Can someone tell me why wordpress htaccess has four lines of code after # END
   WordPress? What are those four lines supposed to do? I’m trying to add more code
   to harden my site but not sure where to add it. After # END wtwp_security?
    Thanks!
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * # BEGIN wtwp_cache
    # END wtwp_cache
 * # BEGIN wtwp_security
    # END wtwp_security

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 *  [Arnel C.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arncus/)
 * (@arncus)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-code-translation/#post-4322323)
 * Hi Bizwriter,
 * Looks they are added by plugins. However, as per your copy above, each line is
   simply a remark – meaning it has absolutely no affect on your site. The “#” sign
   indicates it as a remark. In this case it simply marks the beginning and ending
   of the code. .htaccess runs the code in order from top to bottom. So, if you 
   want to add something, I would add probably add it AFTER the WordPress re-writes
   unless you’re trying to do something that needs to take effect before the WordPress
   section is used.
 * Hope that helps!
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-code-translation/#post-4322359)
 * The # BEGIN and # END lines tell plugins and such to leave the in-between lines
   alone unless specifically writing to those sections, and you can enclose your
   security lines within your own # BEGIN SECURITY and #END SECURITY “fences”, if
   you wish. And for security things such as denying access to certain files like
   wp-config and so on, I typically put those near the top.
 *  Thread Starter [TorontoPodcaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bizwriter/)
 * (@bizwriter)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-code-translation/#post-4322365)
 * Thanks arncus and leejosepho! I’m a bit of a newbie at this stuff so had to ask
   to clarify. So I should add code after the # END WordPress line and can delete
   the following? Thanks
    # BEGIN wtwp_cache # END wtwp_cache
 * # BEGIN wtwp_security
    # END wtwp_security
 *  [leejosepho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leejosepho/)
 * (@leejosepho)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-code-translation/#post-4322369)
 * Those lines appear to be from plugins, and you can delete them if they do not
   need to be there…and yes, you can add your own code either before or after whatever
   else.
 *  Thread Starter [TorontoPodcaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bizwriter/)
 * (@bizwriter)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-code-translation/#post-4322376)
 * Thanks again!

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