WordPress Mod Rewrite Directory Exclusion

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I have a wordpress install with the following .htaccess file and everything currently works fine.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [S=56]
RewriteRule ^(site-info)/trackback/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&tb=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(site-info)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(site-info)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(site-info)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(site-info)(/[0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?pagename=$1&page=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?&feed=$1&withcomments=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^comments/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?&paged=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?s=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?s=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/?$ /index.php?s=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^category/(.+)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^author/([^/]+)/?$ /index.php?author_name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3&paged=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&day=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&monthnum=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?year=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?year=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/?$ /index.php?year=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/trackback/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5&tb=1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5&feed=$6 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5&feed=$6 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5&paged=$6 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/([^/]+)(/[0-9]+)?/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&name=$5&page=$6 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&feed=$5 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&feed=$5 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4&paged=$5 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&day=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&feed=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3&paged=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{1,2})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&monthnum=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&feed=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2&paged=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([0-9]{4})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&year=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&feed=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/page/?([0-9]{1,})/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1&paged=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)/?$ /index.php?category_name=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
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However, I want to exclude certain directories for example "support" from being passed through to the wp index file.

Right now example.com/support/* gets passed through WP and I get the error 404. I want example.com/support/* to go to example.com/support/*

I've tried various suggestions I found in some threads on here and from extensive google searches and nothing seems to work. That is, support still goes through wordpress and doesnt just load example.com/support.

Any help appreciated!

Fahd, Jan 2, 2006 IP

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#2

Interesting discovery...the problem is because the particular directory is password protected, inside /support the .htaccess requires user authentication.

The above works fine for directories that are not password protected.

Any idea how to get it to work with password protected directories?

Fahd, Jan 2, 2006 IP

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#3

Fahd, search for the WordPress Reduced Rewrite Plugin and install it. It should solve the problem. Not to mention clean up your .htaccess file

error10, Jan 7, 2006 IP

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