I installed wordpress with rewrite and I have this .htacces file in www root: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php </IfModule> Code (markup): Wordpress run ok and When I request files out of wordpress too. But when I want request files in a folder with .htaccess aunthentication it takes wordpress 404 error. Because it run rewriterule. Why don't detect the file exist with having a authentication .htacces in the folder? Any one knoew how solve it? Thanksss This is the .htacces file in folder for http authentication RewriteEngine Off AuthType Basic AuthName "letras" AuthUserFile "/home/hhdirect/.htpasswds/prueba/passwd" require valid-user Code (markup):