Is there a way for making the re-write rule exclude some folders?

Question

I have this in my .htaccess file:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

I want this rule to NOT run if the url has /Users or /Forums in the url.

How can I do this?

Update What about file extensions?

Answer 1

Just add another condition that excludes such URL paths:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(Users|Forums)(/|$)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]