Exclude a folder/directory from RewriteRule
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