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WordPress – avoid opening php files as pages?

Solution:

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.