Default WP .htaccess file uses HIGH CPU resources

There isn’t really anything in the default .htaccess file which would use up server resources itself.

What is in the file when it’s using so many resources?

Well, I’m sorry, I can prove it. I can prove removing the htaccess file, my site loads 100 times faster than with it. But of course, I can’t load nothing but the home page.

I told you whats in the file mate… its the standard htaccess file:

# 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

Can you kindly give me a solution as above code does not work.

Thank you

It’s not the code itself, but something running through the code. The rewrite rules are just that; rules, they don’t execute anything.

This is more than likely a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins, and switch to the default Twenty Seventeen theme. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one to identify the source of the problem.

If you can install plugins, install Health Check. On the troubleshooting tab, you can click the button to disable all plugins and change the theme for you, while you’re still logged in, without affecting normal visitors to your site.

Nope, its not a plugin issue dude. or the theme. worked fine before. now it dont.

and ive done all those step by step processing. im not new to WP, been using them for about a decade now…

Hm, ok, those are the rewrite rules that WordPress has been using for 15 years too. Do you recall what you were last doing before suddenly “now it dont”?

Also, can you absolutely confirm that the issue continues using a fresh installation of WordPress 4.9.6 with no plugins and the default Twenty Seventeen theme? You should be able to spin up a subdomain to test that separately.