htaccess wordpress/index.php rewrite rule

Question

I have put my wordpress files inside a folder wordpress instead of root. I am able to access my site as www.example.com/wordpress But i want to access it as www.example.com, want to hide wordpress in url. my .htaccess file is as

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

How can i do this?

Answer 1

Try this:

Add this to the .htaccess in your root directory :

Options FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule (.*) wordpress/($1) [NC,L]