htaccess file issue

[frankjenex]

We recently had our site shut down due to an internal server error. Our host support was able to fix it by changing the name of our htaccess file to htaccess.bak – and the site went back up immediately. They only deal with server side issues, but did inform me that our htaccess file had about 10,000 repititions of the following code:

# END WordPress
# 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>

When i search this exact code – a number of posts come up – some saying don’t worry – others saying it could be a hack to the site. Wondering if you have encountered this at all -or- if you know why it is occurring. Thanks very much –

Frank

[Swift Ideas – Ed]

Hi Frank,

We’ve not personally experienced that issue, nor would anything in the theme cause it. I’d probably recommend installing a security plugin to try and prevent issues like this in the future (if it was a hack).

– Ed

[frankjenex]

thank you ed. more importantly, i am hoping someone can answer my other questions re: the dropdowns not functioning properly after installing the Neighborhood update (see my post titled ”
Dropdown/hover not working after update – a few other issues”). We have noticed a significant decline in orders since the update and are worried that the drop down glitch is steering people away from the site. Thanks.
-Frank

[Mohammad – SUPPORT]

Hi,
I checked your site many times and found that dropdown menu are always working. Please check with hard refresh [CTRL+F5] and after clear cache of browser.

Thanks