[wp-hackers] WP_Rewrite and .htaccess

[Robert Deaton]

On 3/24/06, Jeff Minard <jeff at jrm.cc> wrote:
> CaptSolo wrote:
> > Why I am asking is this: how many actions is a user ready to perform
> > in order to get a plugin running properly?  Copy file into /plugins
> > (1); enable a plugin (2) - OK. But in case if the .htaccess is not yet
> > writeable, will a user go and bother to change it? Will he/she always
> > have the access rights to do the change?
>
> What kind of plugin requires changes to the .htaccess file? That's one
> serious plugin...

Before 2.0, it was the only way. There are a number of plugins which
add their own rewrite rules, including a variety of tagging plugins
for tag/xxx/ permalinks, feedburner, etc.

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