piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess

This is .htaccess files for setup, in which WordPress is installed in a wp-core directory and wp-content directory is moved outside a core directory.

v2.0.1 2026-02-11 16:23 UTC

MIT

• Piotr Niewiadomski

• composer
• wordpress
• apache
• htaccess
• wp-admin
• .htaccess
• wordpress-core
• wp-content
• wp-core
• modrewrite

README

This is .htaccess files for setup, in which WordPress is installed in a wp-core directory and wp-content directory is moved outside a core directory.

Installation via composer.json file

{
  "require": {
    "piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess": "^2.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "post-update-cmd": [
      "cp vendor/piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess/res/.htaccess .htaccess",
      "cat vendor/piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess/res/wp-core/.htaccess.cache > wp-core/.htaccess",
      "cat vendor/piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess/res/wp-core/.htaccess.security >> wp-core/.htaccess",
      "cat vendor/piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess/res/wp-core/.htaccess.default >> wp-core/.htaccess"
    ]
  }
}

If you have WordPress Multisite enabled, use one of the following commands to copy appropriate file instead of .htaccess.default:

Multisite subdomain installation:

cat vendor/piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess/res/wp-core/.htaccess.subdomain >> wp-core/.htaccess

Multisite subdirectory installation:

cat vendor/piotrpress/wordpress-htaccess/res/wp-core/.htaccess.subdirectory >> wp-core/.htaccess

Resources

Check out example implementation in the piotrpress/wordpress package.

Requirements

• Apache or compatible, e.g. LiteSpeed server
• FollowSymLinks directive enabled
• AllowOverride directive enabled
• mod_rewrite module enabled
• mod_alias module enabled for security rules
• mod_headers, mod_mime and mod_expires modules enabled for cache rules

License

MIT