Apache “Rewrite Engine”

AFAIK, they’re the same. Did you google “apache rewrite engine”?

I hope your host knows what he’s talking about because with an answer like that, you might want to find someone better.

Apache page for mod_rewrite / rewrite engine

You shouldn’t have any problems. Usually WordPress will declare

RewriteEngine on

in the first part of the .htaccess file. I would expect that you will no problems, but it’s still possible that you might.

In follow up, here is the apache page, bad link before:

mod_rewrite / rewrite engine

WordPress also uses an if statement so if mod_rewrite.c doesn’t exist, it will just ignore the rewrite rules.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

Thank you all for the answers!
My wordpress-installation seems to work, I recognized no problems so far. But I still don’t understand what the rewrite-option is good for and why wordpress recommends the module although it’s not necessary.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Mick

Sorry, I read the mail from my host again, and I understood it wrong the first time.

He is using the rewrite engine for webserver redirection. Thata€?s the reason why I cannot use the module.

Does wordpress has any disadvantages without using the module?

Mick

Does wordpress has any disadvantages without using the module?

Yes and no. WordPress requires mod_rewrite to enable permalinks, but permalinks are not required. What permalinks do is they provide “prettier” links for your posts and they help with search engine optimization. See: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Search_Engine_Optimization_for_Wordpress#Permalinks

If you were to ask my recommendation, I would say that you should find another hosting provider. mod_rewrite is a standard feature that is offered by most hosting providers.

He is using the rewrite engine for webserver redirection.

I smell a cheap / crappy host. They are pointing domains onto an account of their own it sounds like.

Hi,

thanks so much! This helps a lot. Now I begin to understand better what the rewrite engine does.

Best,
Mick