Making changes clears .htaccess and returns infinite loop.

  • syncmaster913n

    (@syncmaster913n)


    13 years ago

    Hi guys, I’m having a really annoying problem which I’ve been trying to deal with for a few hours now.

    WordPress version: 3.5.1

    Entirely fresh WordPress install, on a server where I have 4 different WordPress installations all of which are working fine (note: I’m not using the multisite functionality).

    At first glance, the site works fine. I login to my control panel with no issues, but if I try to apply any changes – be it SAVE new permalink settings, save new General settings, activate (not download) a plugin, etc. doing any of those clears my .htaccess file, so instead of it being this:

    # 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

    It becomes this:

    # BEGIN WordPress

    # END WordPress

    The result is that none of the changes get saved, and instead an infinite loop error message is returned and I need to re-upload a fixed version of .htaccess for the site to start working again.

    Does anyone have any ideas?

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