Exclude a folder/directory from RewriteRule

Question

I have a pretty standard WordPress .htaccess with the following URL rewrites ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` WordPress is installed in my domain root. I have some other scripts in subfolders, e.g. /opencart These subfolders contain their own .htaccess files. Unfortunately, it seems that WordPress hijacks the rewrites for some of these scripts sometimes. How can I ask mod_rewrite to ignore WordPress rules for rewrites when encountered with specific subfolders e.g. opencart and to use the rules defined in the .htaccess within these subfolders instead?

Accepted Answer

You may try replacing the complete WP rule-set with this one:

```
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]

# Include in the next line all folders to exclude
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !(folder1|folder2|folder3) [NC]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress 
```

Exclude a folder/directory from RewriteRule

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