WordPress on a subfolder but accessible from root

Question

I've searched quite a lot without finding a solution.

I have a wordpress blog in /_wp and something else in /other

What I'm trying to is that every request gets redirected to the WordPress. Except those to /other and its child directories. I also want the access to the blog to be rewritten. Few examples to make it clear:

/ --> /_wp/

/ablogpost --> /_wp/ablogpost

/other --> /other

/other/bingou --> /other/bingou 

I've tried a few things but what seems the most logical to me is:

• don't touch the .htaccess of /_wp/

• edit the .htaccess of the root '/' by adding:

  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?mywebsite.com$
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^(/other|/other/.*)$
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ /other/$1
  

EDIT

So i've set correctly the /_wp dir as explained online. Though I can't access to /other this is my htaccess now: RewriteEngine On

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

I was thinking of adding RewriteRule ^other - [L] though it still doesn't work....

Answer 1

Follow instructions on Giving WordPress Its Own Directory in Codex.