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.htaccess to host WordPress in a subdirectory. Some shared hosting won't let your primary domain be assigned to a subdirectory - this will help to get around that.
# replace <domainname> with your domain name
# replace <directoryname> with the name of the directory where WordPress is located
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?<domainname>.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/<directoryname>/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /<directoryname>/$1
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?<domainname>.com$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ <directoryname>/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
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