Adding files but are wrongfully re directing

CMS & WordPress
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I have a website on wordpress and I want to add a page but not on the wordpress theme itself. I have a landing page and I have added it to the following file:

public_html>my new file

I would thing that then entering the following it would show but instead it is being redirected to one of my other pages which is very strange. So I’m putting in:

www.mywebsite.com/mynewfile and I am directed to www.mywebsite.com/existingfileonmywordpress

what’s happening here and what do I have to do to get my new page on ( seperate from my wordpress )

2

www.mywebsite.com/existingfileonmywordpress

Is this existing file a Post, Page, error message?

3

the best way I can describe it is this:

I want improve-backswing-exercise-video.html away from my normal wordpress site so I paced this file on my root public_html>improve-backswing-exercise-video.html

but when you put the url http://www.performbettergolf.com/improve-backswing-exercise-video.html it is redirected to:
http://www.performbettergolf.com/exercise-and-stretch-increase-driving-distance.html which is a PAGE on the main wordpress site

Hope that makes sence, finding it difficult to explain it well

4

anyone have any idea what this could be or how to fix it?