What is htaccess Default WordPress

Here is the htaccess default WordPress file. If you are using WordPress for your website and you need to check how the default .htaccess file will look like then you can check that below.

# BEGIN WordPress

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

# END WordPress

The htaccess default wordpress file will be hidden by default in your Cpanel. To view this you need to have access to your Cpanel account.

Below are the steps on how to view your .htaccess file through Cpanel login:

1. Login to the Cpanel account
2. Go to the public_html folder
3. Click on the settings icon on the right and select show hidden files
4. Reload the folder and you can see the .htaccess file.

Using any Cache plugin or any other major plugins then it will be effecting the default .htacess file which may sometimes causes errors.

How to Find & Fix Broken Links in WordPress

If you are a developer and your website is having some redirect errors or http or https:// or errors like “This site can’t be reached” or “too many redirects” then you need to check the .htaccess file first before you can make any other necessary changes required.

WordPress url structure is usually changed by making necessary changes in the .htaccess file which may sometimes results in the error. To avoid this we need to check the .htaccess file properly.