WordPress Toolkit dont create htaccess file

Mecca

• August 02, 2022 10:14

The WordPress Toolkit dont generate the default .htaccess file on news installations. How fix this?

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • August 02, 2022 19:50

  Hey there! Is there a need for the .htaccess? According to the WordPress documentation, there isn't anything in that file that is required for a cPanel server or domain to function:

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  Mecca

  • August 02, 2022 19:57

  WordPress htaccess code is required! 99.9% of WordPress sites in Apache use it for custom URLs and remove index.php from the URL. Impossible to agree that the WordPress HTACCESS rule is ineffective. How insert the .htaccess in WordPress Toolkit installation?

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • August 02, 2022 20:12

  I did some additional testing with this and found it is only enabled if Permalinks are active. If you go to Settings >> Permalinks and change the value from "Custom Structure" to "Day and name" the .htaccess file is created. You can also always manually create the .htaccess file if you need it on your system.

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  DevTeam9200

  • June 25, 2025 02:42

  hi cPRex and Mecca  did we get formal update on this i am getting same issue. php 8.48 deployments iwth wordpress toolkit does not work and only loads home page not the /wp-admin due to missing .htaccess file 

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  William Del Piero cPanel Staff

  • June 27, 2025 15:15

  Hi,

   

  I've checked this on my own test server, but new WordPress installations through WP Toolkit were working on PHP 8.4.8 and I was able to access the admin page without an .htaccess file being created. The .htaccess file shouldn't always be required for WordPress, but it can be necessary if your WordPress installation uses a custom permalink structure.

   

  If you're seeing this issue happen on new installations through WP Toolkit, I suggest opening a ticket so this can be reviewed closer with access to the server.

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