htaccess-generator tool

Force HTTPS

Redirects every visitor from http:// to https:// using a 301 permanent redirect. Required for SEO and modern browsers.

Redirect WWW → Non-WWW

Example: www.example.com → example.com. Pick this OR the next option, not both.

Redirect Non-WWW → WWW

Example: example.com → www.example.com.

Force Trailing Slash

Example: /about → /about/. Helps canonicalize URLs.

Remove Trailing Slash

Example: /about/ → /about.

Redirect Old Domain → New Domain

Sends every request from your old domain to the matching path on your new domain with a 301 permanent redirect (preserves SEO).

Add unlimited 301/302 redirects. Use paths like /old-page → /new-page or full URLs.

Enable Image Hotlink Protection

Blocks other websites from embedding your images. Requests must come from one of the allowed domains (or directly).

Allowed Domains (one per line) Custom Error Image URL (optional)

Password-Protect This Directory

Prompts visitors for a username and password (HTTP Basic Auth) before serving any file in this directory.

Setup: Create the password file with htpasswd -c /full/path/to/.htpasswd username on your server. Store it OUTSIDE your web root.

Enable Maintenance Mode

Sends a 503 Service Unavailable response to every visitor except whitelisted IPs. Search engines treat 503 as temporary, so SEO is preserved.

Enable GZIP Compression

Compresses text-based responses (HTML, CSS, JS, JSON, SVG) before sending. Typically reduces payload size 60–80%.

Enable Brotli Compression

Modern compression algorithm (15–25% smaller than GZIP). Requires mod_brotli on the server.

Cache Images (JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, SVG, GIF, ICO)

Cache CSS Files

Cache JavaScript Files

Cache Fonts (WOFF, WOFF2, TTF, OTF)

Cache Duration

Leave blank to skip a particular error page.

403 Forbidden URL 404 Not Found URL 500 Server Error URL

Enable CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)

Adds Access-Control-Allow-Origin headers so other domains can fetch your fonts, APIs, or assets from JavaScript.

Allow All Origins (*) Allow Specific Domains

Tell Apache how to serve modern file formats.

WebP

AVIF

SVG

JSON

WOFF

WOFF2

Any Apache directives entered here are appended verbatim to the generated file.