Is it important to have .htaccess file

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    Is it important to have .htaccess file in wordpress and if yes what is the main purpose of that.
     
    sprabhu, Mar 6, 2009 IP
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    buldozerceto Active Member

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    The main purpose would be for SEO and restricing access to certain files and directories as well as other things.
    I think wordpress could run without htaccess, but you won't have pretty urls.
     
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    .htaccess gives you site-specific or even user-specific (with wildcard dns's) power, so you can grant access to folders, or setup modRewrite to have folder to page mappings using regex.
     
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    .htaccess gives you ability to tweak your website - so it does good things
     
    cveks, Mar 7, 2009 IP