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Asked: 2026-05-14T03:23:15+00:00

The htaccess file below crashed the site with an internal server error (500). This

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The htaccess file below crashed the site with an internal server error (500). This site has the misc.php patch that’s discussed here:

WordPress Bug #11903

Apparently something else is at play here or the patch is not fully addressing the issue. 3 sites went down yesterday. 2 today (so far). All sites have the patch file that’s referenced in the bug track link above.

The issue appears to be a currupt htaccess write operation which results in a malformed htaccess file (see code in red below).

 AuthName mysite.net
 AuthUserFile /home/mysite/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
 AuthGroupFile /home/mysite/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
 Options All -Indexes

 # BEGIN WordPress

 # BEGIN WordPress root
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 </IfModule>

 # END WordPress root
 dule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteBase /
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 </IfModule>

 # END WordPress root
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  1. Editorial Team

    As a workaround remove write permissions from your .htaccess.

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