I'm trying to exclude a single directory from WordPress' rewrite rules in my htaccess. The directory that I'm trying to exclude is below the WordPress installation. i.e. WordPress is installed at http://www.examplesite.com, and the directory that I'm trying to exclude is http://www.examplesite.com/directory. I'm not sure of the syntax I should use...any ideas?
I can't remember the exact code WordPress uses but IIRC it uses two RewriteConds to ensure the requested file was not an existing file/directory, then has a RewriteRule to rewrite everything to the index script. You want to add in another RewriteCond to create another condition so that the rewrite rules only apply if we're not requesting anything from /directory/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/directory
I think this topic on WP could be of some help : http://wordpress.org/support/topic/55033 It discuss differents solutions.