 <p>Try something like this in your <code>wwwpublic</code> directory, preferably before any routing rules you may have:</p> <pre><code>RewriteEngine On # conditions to check that current request doesn't point to a valid resource RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d # condition to check that request is for the /spanish/ directory RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/spanish/(.+)$ # conditions to check if the /spanish/ is removed whether it would point to a valid resource RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%1 -f [OR] RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%1 -d # all conditions match, rewrite RewriteRule ^/?spanish/(.+)$ /$1 [L] </code></pre>