Setting custom 404 error in a single subdirectory (apache and .htaccess)

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I have a simple wordpress page with some news. In root directory I’ve set .htaccess with rules: 

RewriteBase /news/
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /news/index.php [L]

As you can see it’s set that if client requests a file or dir that doesn’t exist he’s redirected to /news/index.php.

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Now, I would like to set that if he calls for non existing graphic file from /news/wp-content/uploads/ subdirectory he should get a custom graphic instead (let’s say /news/wp-content/uploads/noimage.png). For this I modified .htaccess: 

RewriteBase /news/wp-content/upload/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME !-f
RewriteRule . /news/wp-content/upload/notFound.png

RewriteBase /news/
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /news/index.php [L]

But now when I try to load page (even index page) I get internal server error. What’s wrong here?

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  1. Your first rule is actually hijacking all the legit WP requests since those are never for a valid file. Replace your complete code with this:

    if there is no .htaccess in wp-contnent directory:

    Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /news/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(wp-content/uploads)/.+$ $1/notFound.png [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

    if there is .htaccess in wp-contnent directory then use this code on top of wp-contnent/.htaccess file:

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^uploads/.+$ /news/wp-content/uploads/notFound.png [L,NC]

  2. Instead of fiddling with the RewriteBase, why don’t you try this:

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/news/wp-content/upload/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . /news/wp-content/upload/notFound.png [L]