Please Check this ‘.htaccess’ File

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I just found my ‘.htaccess’ file has the same lines of code repeated twice as below, maybe some plugins changed it, is it incorrect? Should I remove the repeated one? Thanks!!

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

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Answer

This often happens when using a plugin like WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache that need to add things to the .htaccess file. You can safely delete the top version (the one without the BEGIN/END WordPress lines), but having duplicate entries won’t hurt anything. It will add a tiny bit of overhead as the rules are processed, but it’s negligible on a site that isn’t getting very large amounts of traffic.

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Source : Link , Question Author : RRN , Answer Author : Gavin Anderegg

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