Default htaccess looks like this if you might need to recheck
# Allow access if Flarum is installed in a subdirectory,
# but another .htaccess in a higher directory denies access.
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
</IfModule>
# Fix for https://httpoxy.org vulnerability
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
RequestHeader unset Proxy
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecRule &REQUEST_HEADERS:Proxy "@gt 0" "id:1000005,log,deny,msg:'httpoxy denied'"
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule !^assets index.php [QSA,L]
# MultiViews can mess up our rewriting scheme
Options -MultiViews
# Autoindex will list all assets files which is not so good
Options -Indexes
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
# Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types
<IfModule mod_filter.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
application/javascript \
application/json \
application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
application/x-font-ttf \
application/x-web-app-manifest+json \
application/xhtml+xml \
application/xml \
font/opentype \
image/svg+xml \
image/x-icon \
text/css \
text/html \
text/plain \
text/xml
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
# Configure cache expiry for different file types
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 second"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-web-app-manifest+json "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/atom+xml "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/font-woff "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month"
</IfModule>