Standard vhost setup on Cpanel for almalinux
Root htaccess:
Options -Indexes
# BEGIN WordPress Multisite
# Using subdomain network type
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress Multisite
From: Yehuda Katz <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 9:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Head scratcher - child htaccess issue
What is in your root directory .htaccess?
What is in your VirtualHost configuration?
- Y
On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM Bball Scout <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
Wordpress multisite subdomain setup. I can't for the life of me figure out how
to force apache to allow a child .htaccess for htpasswd authentication in a
subdirectory of a WP multisite domain. Ie:
/ [root WP server with its own .htaccess]
/directory1 [child .htaccess for htpasswd use]
Any attempt to display a file in /directory1 apache gives a 404.
I've tried rewrites in the parent .htaccess up the creek to no avail.
Love suggestions.
