How do I exclude folders from WordPress permalinks?

To exclude folders from within the WordPress permalink rewrite rules, you’ll need to make a few changes within your htaccess file. This should be done incase you have other applications in sub-directories, which have their own htaccess files with their own rewrite rules. To do this, please follow the step-by-step outline below.

• Login to your cPanel web hosting account via FTP
• Navigate to your /public_html/ folder
• Locate the htaccess file and edit the htaccess file
• Locate the following code within the htaccess file:

  # BEGIN WordPress
  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  </IfModule>
  # END WordPress

• Once that’s done, you’ll need to replace the above code with:

  # BEGIN WordPress
  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ./ /index.php [L]
  </IfModule>
  # END WordPress

• Once you’ve made the appropriate changes above, simply save and re-upload the htaccess file to the /public_html/ directory.

If you have any further questions about WordPress, please feel free to reach out to our web hosting support team for further assistance.