Creating a sub folder inside a root installation?

Question

Currently I have a root wordpress installation at www.mysite.com.

I've added a new folder /store in the root and added in a blank html. However, I can't seem to access the folder by going to www.mysite.com/store.

Any idea how I can do this?

*Update*

I realised when I'd encountered this issue there was no .htaccess file.

It seems like after I've added the .htaccess with a rewriterule to index.php, it all works.

How does wordpress exactly do it's rewrites without a .htaccess in the first place?

Answer 1

I don't know why you couldn't access the folder. Maybe you wanna check your .htaccess file first. The default rewrite conditions for apache created by WordPress should include the following two lines, which prevents the redirecting to index.php if a physical file or directory is found.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d

You could force a redirect with another rewrite condition for your directory, but this should not be necessary.

E.g.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/store/(.*)$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>