Title: WP Engine “Error!”
Last modified: March 13, 2026

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# WP Engine “Error!”

 *  Resolved [nettlfareham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nettl583586/)
 * (@nettl583586)
 * [2 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-engine-error/)
 * Error!
 * The following file was not found. Please make sure the file exists and has write
   permissions: `/var/www/htdocs/.htaccess`
 * Warning!
 * The following file was not found. Please make sure the file exists and has write
   permissions: `/var/www/htdocs/.user.ini`
 * We’re hosting with WPEngine who advised the following:
 * “The .htaccess file is no longer supported on the platform, and the other file
   would be a non-standard wordpress file, so you’d need to reach out to the plugin
   developers regarding those errors, to see if they have any workarounds for using
   the plugins on WP Engine.”
 * Can you help please?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwp-engine-error%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Dimitar Ivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zinoui/)
 * (@zinoui)
 * [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-engine-error/#post-18891726)
 * The HTTP Headers plugin can operate in two modes: PHP or Apache (.htaccess).
   
   In both cases, the plugin is used to send specific HTTP headers, either via PHP
   or by writing rules to the `.htaccess` file.
 * According to this article:
   [https://wpengine.com/support/htaccess-deprecation/](https://wpengine.com/support/htaccess-deprecation/)`.
   htaccess` usage is being deprecated in some environments.
 * You can still use PHP mode.
 * Please note that PHP mode may not always work correctly if you are using certain
   caching plugins. This is because cached files can be served directly without 
   executing PHP, meaning the headers may not be applied. For this reason, Apache(.
   htaccess) mode is generally more reliable and recommended where available.

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Dimitar Ivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zinoui/)
 * Last activity: [1 month, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-engine-error/#post-18891726)
 * Status: resolved