title: Serving static html page in wordpress using .htaccess
body: <p>I have Wordpress installed in a root folder and a landing.html file which I want to be a front page for my blog. My .htaccess file:</p>
  
  <pre><code># BEGIN WordPress
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # END WordPress
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I add <code>DirectoryIndex landing.html</code> after <code>RewriteBase /</code> line <code>landing.html</code> serves as a front page but <code>index.php</code> redirects to it as well. </p>