Title: htaccess doesn’t work when WP installed Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # htaccess doesn’t work when WP installed * [nieuws](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nieuws/) * (@nieuws) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/) * I want to protect a part of the server with .htaccess. The area i want to protect has nothing to do with WordPress, but when i upload a htaccess file in the specified folder, again completely outside WordPress, i get a 404 not found error. * When WordPress is not installed on the server i have no problem with htaccess per folder. * What should i do to solve this problem? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [onseduction](https://wordpress.org/support/users/onseduction/) * (@onseduction) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424269) * And this htaccess file is not in a folder-level above the wordpress one? * Thread Starter [nieuws](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nieuws/) * (@nieuws) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424353) * The folder is just in the root of the website. * For example: [ wp-content ] [ wp-includes ] [ wp-admin ] [ protected ] .htacces& content index.php .htaccess * [geoffe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffe/) * (@geoffe) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424355) * so what do you have in that bottom file, the .htaccess in the site root? * It will have an effect on subdirectories that you’ll need to negate. * You should seek help on understanding htaccess, not WordPress, to find help on this. What you want to have is a htaccess RewriteCond conditional rule, that excepts your [ protected ] directory from forcing everything to WP, which is what I presume is happening. * Thread Starter [nieuws](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nieuws/) * (@nieuws) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424593) * This is the exact htaccess file generated by WordPress. I haven’t altered anything. This is the current file in the root as described in my previous post. * # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{ REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index. php [L] * # END WordPress * What i want to work is that url/restrictedarea/ can use a htaccess password file. It can’t now because then i get a 404 not found error. * This is what the htaccess in /restricedarea/ looks like: * #BEGIN RestrictedArea AuthName “Content Editor Protected Area” AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /path/restrictedarea/.htpasswd Require valid-user #END RestrictedArea * Path is ofcoarse the correct serverpath to the htpasswd file that is located within the same folder. * Thread Starter [nieuws](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nieuws/) * (@nieuws) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424638) * Anyone? * According my serveradmin the httaccess in the root (generated by wordpress) is also automatically read in subfolders. Without the wordpress file it works like a charm, but with (and i need it for the names) i get 404 errors.. * [geoffe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geoffe/) * (@geoffe) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424642) * If it comforts you at all, I found a similar problem here: [http://www.issociate.de/board/post/190669/mod_rewrite_conflicting_with_htpasswd_protection.html](http://www.issociate.de/board/post/190669/mod_rewrite_conflicting_with_htpasswd_protection.html) * WordPress forums really aren’t the greatest for these types of issues. * Your options appear to be to make a subdomain to get a safe address for user authentication or to move your blog (and hence, the URL rewriting) out of the site root to avoid the conflict. * Thread Starter [nieuws](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nieuws/) * (@nieuws) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424650) * Thank you Geoffe that appears to work. However iam running a CMS next to WordPress. If iam using the subdomain forward it has some trouble finding all the correct folders again. I can change that ofcoarse but perhaps it would be easier to just use another password system. Do you perhaps have any suggestion for a quality but easy password protection system? Such as htaccess but then ofcoarse something else. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘htaccess doesn’t work when WP installed’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [area](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/area/) * [folder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/folder/) * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/) * [outside](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/outside/) * [password](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/password/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [nieuws](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nieuws/) * Last activity: [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-doesnt-work-when-wp-installed/#post-424650) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics