Title: .htaccess wp-admin really needed ?
Last modified: November 14, 2023

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# .htaccess wp-admin really needed ?

 *  Resolved [startechmarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/startechmarketing/)
 * (@startechmarketing)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-wp-admin-really-needed/)
 * I have three different hosting packages, Hostgator, Inmotion and IONOS. I have
   had problems lately with updating plugins, and other admin functions. The hosting
   company said .htaccess in wp-admin is not neccessary plus some custom code that
   you recommend was breaking the administration functions, when I renamed the .
   htaccess for wp-admin things started working when I cleared custom code and regenerated
   wp-admin .htaccess things broke.
 * so I have deleted the .htaccess in wp-admin
 * Is it really necessary ? This all started happening after wordpress from wordpress
   6.2 to 6.3 6.4 but even now with 6.2 installed sometimes I get timeout errors
   and other errors.

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 *  Plugin Author [AITpro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aitpro/)
 * (@aitpro)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-wp-admin-really-needed/#post-17200758)
 * The wp-admin .htaccess file is not necessary. So it is fine to deactivate it.
 *  Thread Starter [startechmarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/startechmarketing/)
 * (@startechmarketing)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-wp-admin-really-needed/#post-17202999)
 * thank you very much

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-wp-admin-really-needed/#post-17202999)
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