My htaccess is as follows:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
It’s just the stuff from the setup page copied into the file and replacing the rules between the mod_rewrite tags. Nothing fancy.
EDIT: I’m not using https. I’m fresh out of install, just set up a couple pages on the main site, made a few posts so it’s not empty of content. I’ve put in one theme, no plugins at all.