Htaccess रीडायरेक्ट जेनरेटर

Force HTTPS

Sends every http request to the https version of the same URL, preserving the path.

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Non-www to www

Picks one canonical host so the same page is not reachable at two addresses.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Redirect a single page

For a page that moved. Point it at the closest equivalent, not the homepage.

Redirect 301 /old-page https://www.example.com/new-page

Redirect a whole directory

Moves a folder and everything under it, keeping the rest of the path intact.

RewriteRule ^old-folder/(.*)$ /new-folder/$1 [L,R=301]

What is the difference between 301 and 302?

A 301 is permanent and tells Google to move the ranking signals to the new URL. A 302 is temporary and tells Google to keep the old one. Use 301 for anything that has genuinely moved. Using 302 by mistake is one of the most common ways sites lose rankings during a migration.

Do redirects pass link equity?

A 301 passes the great majority of it. What costs you is chaining: every extra hop adds latency and risk, and long chains can be abandoned by crawlers. Point the old URL at the final destination directly.

Where does the .htaccess file go?

In the document root of your site, usually alongside the homepage file. Rules in a subdirectory's .htaccess apply only to that directory and below.

Does .htaccess work on nginx?

No. It is an Apache feature. Nginx uses its own configuration syntax and ignores .htaccess entirely, so rules pasted there will silently do nothing.

Why did my redirect cause a loop?

Almost always a rule that matches its own destination, so the redirect fires again on arrival. Adding a condition that excludes the target URL, such as a RewriteCond checking the host or path, breaks the cycle.

Should I redirect deleted pages to the homepage?

Only if there is genuinely no closer match. Google treats mass redirects to the homepage as soft 404s, which means the old URL gets dropped anyway. A relevant page or a clean 410 is usually better.