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

I have found many examples like this when taking a "WordPress First" approach. For example, adding:

ErrorDocument 404 /error-docs/404.html

to the .htaccess file takes care of the message ("Additionally, a 404 Not Found error...").