How to disable .htaccess file in your WordPress Installation Via cPanel or FTP | Webful Creations
Apache web server or if NGINX running as proxy on apache web server. In such cases .htaccess file is used to add certain rules to change behavior of your web server than default server configurations. While the .htaccss is a very powerful file but using the wrong or bad rules would slow down your website by reducing server response time.
So while you are editing your .htaccess file you should always be extra careful and know what are you doing. To avoid any problems related to performance or missing pages and producing 404 errors.
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