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Asked: 2026-05-26T00:29:30+00:00

I have a wordpress install with the following htaccess: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase

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I have a wordpress install with the following htaccess:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/secure-area/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

and a directory /public_html/secure-area/ which has been protected using cPanel.

  • If I turn off prettylinks in WordPress, I can access the directory normally, but otherwise, I am redirected to the WP 404 page.
  • I can access a directory that is not password protected without any problems.

I’m asking here because this is an htaccess problem, not just wordpress specific, and the answers I’ve seen over here seem better qualified.

Many thanks, Tim

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  1. Editorial Team

    I had this same problem under cPanel. In my case it was due to the “~/.htpasswds/public_html/secure-dir/passwd” file/directory not having the correct permissions. I called the hosting company and they chown’d the file with the correct permissions and it worked.

    It really had me stumped in that it looked like the directory protection was working b/c it was popping up the AUTH window. But when Apache went to verify the passwd it would choke and serve the WP standard 404 page.

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