So, running Wordpress and of course ton of plugins which alters .htaccess to "increase" security. When customized .htaccess present, https://domain.tld/stats no more works. Is there any .htaccess lince which can exclude /stats being affected?
Seems there is if you can access /stats when .htaccess is removed. Recent discussion: https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/awstats-not-working-some-sites.92899/