RewriteCond in .htaccess with negated regex condition doesn't work?

Question

I\'m trying to prevent, in this case WordPress, from rewriting certain URLs. In this case I\'m trying to prevent it from ever handling a request in the uploads directory, an

Answer 1

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/wp-content/uploads/ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]