title: RewriteRule exception for static page outside WordPress
body: <p>I'm searching Google since at least 20 minutes and I can't believe it's that hard to find...</p>
  
  <p>It should be pretty easy but I can't figure it out...</p>
  
  <p><em>THE PROBLEM:</em></p>
  
  <p>I want to put a HTML file at the same level of my Wordpress, but don't want the RewriteRules to "trap" this page and think it's a redirect...</p>
  
  <p><em>THE HTACCESS:</em></p>
  
  <pre><code># BEGIN WordPress
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  
  # &gt;&gt; here &lt;&lt; this next line is my TEST....
  RewriteRule ^test\.htm$ test.htm [L]
  
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # END WordPress
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Of course, a page called "test.htm" is uploaded on the server.</p>
  
  <p>As stated, the line where I put my test doesn't work.  It shows the WordPress homepage, instead of my "test.htm" page I uploaded.</p>