WordPress – avoid opening php files as pages?

February 14, 20233 Views

I have some php scripts in my WordPress directory and I’m unable to use them. Why? Because WordPress treat them as posts.

For example:

Points to a file and it works.

But on my site when i try to open /wp-content/themes/myTheme/anyDictionary/anyfile.php

it loads:

    Not Found

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Page.

How to fix that?

Thanks

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1 comment

Anonymous says:

February 14, 2023 at 10:41 am
The default WordPress mod_rewrite rules look something like this:
```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
```
In essence, this says “pass all requests through WordPress, unless the request corresponds to a real file or directory.” So, if you’re seeing a WordPress delivered page when you expect the output of a non-WordPress script:
1. Your rewrite rules differ from the default; paste them for help debugging. Or,
2. The file may not exist where you think it does.
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