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WordPress “comments” in .htaccess file

By on May 14, 2008 in Help, WordPress
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I didn't realize I needed the WordPress "comments" in the .htaccess file. I just learned the hard way as a site went down, I checked the .htaccess file (one of the first places I look for a 500 error) and it looked like this:

PLAIN TEXT
CODE:
  1. RewriteEngine On
  2. RewriteBase /
  3. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  4. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  5. RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  6.  
  7. <IfModule mod_security.c>
  8. SecFilterEngine Off
  9. SecFilterScanPOST Off
  10. </IfModule>
  11.  
  12. # BEGIN WordPress
  13.  
  14. RewriteEngine On
  15. RewriteBase /
  16. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  17. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  18. RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  19.  
  20. < IfModule mod_security.c>
  21. SecFilterEngine Off
  22. SecFilterScanPOST Off
  23. </IfModule>
  24.  
  25. # END WordPress

Hmm, doubled up. WP had automatically put in the second set of code when someone saved a post. Who knew. I read that if WP sees the comments, it will read what's in there and if it's already there, won't write it again. So what my .htaccess file should look like is just this:

PLAIN TEXT
CODE:
  1. # BEGIN WordPress
  2.  
  3. RewriteEngine On
  4. RewriteBase /
  5. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  6. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  7. RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  8.  
  9. <IfModule mod_security.c>
  10. SecFilterEngine Off
  11. SecFilterScanPOST Off
  12. </IfModule>
  13.  
  14. # END WordPress

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One Response to WordPress “comments” in .htaccess file

  1. Spencer Perry May 22, 2008 at 9:25 am #

    You totally saved my life with this one! I kept crashing a site when I was updating a post and couldn't figure it out. Thanks!

    Reply

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