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Live from WordPress.org · Sep 27, 2026

Best Htaccess Plugins for WordPress

59 plugins are tagged “htaccess” on WordPress.org. We rank them by active installs and score every one on update freshness, compatibility, ratings and support — so you can pick a safe one in seconds. The most popular right now is Redirection with 2M+ active installs.

Plugins in category59
#1 by installsRedirection
Top-30 installs2.1M+
Avg. health (this page)45/100

59 Htaccess plugins

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Best Htaccess Plugins for WordPress
Rank Plugin Active installs Rating Updated Health
1 Redirection Redirection Manage 301 redirects, track 404 errors, and improve your site. No knowledge of Apache or… by John Godley 2M+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (703) 1 week ago 87
2 Htaccess File Editor – Safely Edit Htaccess File Htaccess File Editor – Safely Edit Htaccess File A safe & simple htaccess file editor with automatic htaccess backups & htaccess file syntax… by WebFactory 40K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (102) 1 month ago 87
3 Spider Blocker Spider Blocker SpiderBlocker will block most common bots that consume bandwidth and slow down your blog. by Niteo 20K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (5) 2 years ago 38
4 Custom PHP Settings Custom PHP Settings This plugin makes it possible to override php settings. by cyclonecode 10K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (15) 10 months ago 55
5 Leverage Browser Caching Leverage Browser Caching Speed up WordPress with browser caching. Automatically adds expiry headers for images, CSS… by Rinku Y 9K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (42) 3 months ago 76
6 Htaccess File Editor – Easily Edit, Backup, Restore .htaccess file Htaccess File Editor Simple editor htaccess file without using FTP client. by WP Chill 7K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 10 months ago 51
7 HTACCESS IP Blocker HTACCESS IP Blocker Blocks failed attempted IPs in htaccess by Taraprasad Swain 2K+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 6 years ago 35
8 .htaccess Site Access Control .htaccess Site Access Control Using the password protection will give you extra security layer of protection from brute… by Miina Sikk 800+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (3) 10 years ago 31
9 htaccess protect htaccess protect htaccess protect - Protect your wordpress login or admin pages with password. by zoltanlaczko 800+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (6) 5 years ago 34
10 Speed Up – Browser Caching Speed Up – Browser Caching Help browser to cache a local copy of static files and improve page load times. by Simone Nigro 700+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (7) 2 months ago 73
11 Url Rewrite Analyzer Url Rewrite Analyzer See clearly and understand how WordPress rewrite rules work within a simple and clean… by M.Code 400+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3 (2) 2 months ago 62
12 WP safely disable directory browsing WP safely disable directory browsing This essential .htaccess rules plugin allow you to improve security of your wordpress blog. by Maurisource 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (8) 14 years ago 34
13 SAR One Click Security SAR One Click Security Adds some extra security to your WordPress with only one click. by Samuel Aguilera 200+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (7) 2 years ago 41
14 Search URL Beautifier Search URL Beautifier Convert ugly page/post Search URLs into clean, memorable, share-friendly links to match… by Dear 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 4 months ago 57
15 Lite Cache Lite Cache The smallest cache plugin ever released (but still greatly efficient). by Stefano Lissa 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (18) 12 years ago 37
16 Apache Status & Info Apache Status & Info Apache server-info and server-status monitoring right in your WordPress admin. by Pierre Lannoy 100+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3) 1 month ago 71
17 Ozh' Simpler Login URL Ozh' Simpler Login URL Creates a Rewrite Rule that will allow users to log in from the custom URL… by Ozh 90+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 12 years ago 43
18 Easy Digital Downloads – htaccess Editor Easy Digital Downloads – htaccess Editor Edit your htaccess file directly from EDD! by DigitalME 70+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1) 8 months ago 47
19 WP htaccess Optimize (beta) WP htaccess Optimize (beta) simply configure your htaccess to optimize your site! by florianluce 70+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2) 8 years ago 32
20 User Agent Blocker User Agent Blocker Block robots using it's User-Agent in .htaccess by Adhitya Rachman 60+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 7 years ago 25
21 Deny All Firewall Deny All Firewall Stop unwanted requests before WordPress loads. Deny All Firewall uses .htaccess to allow… by Oliver Campion 50+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 3 weeks ago 68
22 WP Configuration and Status WP Configuration and Status WP Configuration and Status by klickonit 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (1) 9 years ago 28
23 IWEBLAB Hosting Manager IWEBLAB Hosting Manager Questo plugin aiuta a personalizzare lo spazio hosting fornito da IWEBLAB.it… by Iweblab 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 5 years ago 24
24 Add Watermarks Add Watermarks Adds watermarks to selected images without changing the original image. by Michael Zangl 40+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.1 (15) 8 years ago 28
25 WP Super Secure and Fast htaccess WP Super Secure and Fast htaccess This essential .htaccess rules plugin allow you to improve security and speed of your… by Andrea Pernici 30+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 17 years ago 24
26 Configurable Hotlink Protection Configurable Hotlink Protection Save bandwidth by easily blocking links to video, audio, and other files from unapproved… by deltafactory 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 1 (4) 15 years ago 19
27 MyBrain Utilities MyBrain Utilities My Brain Wordpress Utilities - Backup of configuration files .htaccess and wp-config, stay… by Marko Hoven 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 4 months ago 52
28 Redirect 404 Page to Home Redirect 404 Page to Home Divert all of the 404 broken pages to your home page. Manage 404 errors, and improve your… by faddies 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 3 years ago 24
29 Aspexi Easy Login URL Aspexi Easy Login URL Aspexi Easy Login URL changes your url/wp-login.php URL into your custom string i.e… by Krzysztof Dryja (Aspexi) 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (3) 14 years ago 27
30 Clean .htaccess Tool Clean .htaccess Tool Clean .htaccess Tool simplifies WordPress security and performance by safely removing… by Jeffrey Costa 20+ ★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews 2 years ago 27

Top Htaccess plugins, head to head

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How we rank

Popularity first, then a health check you can trust

Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

  • 25 Update freshness
  • 20 Works with the latest WordPress
  • 25 Rating, weighted by review count
  • 15 Support threads resolved
  • 15 Active installs

Popular plugins categories

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FAQ

Quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026

What is the most popular htaccess plugin for WordPress?

Redirection is the most popular htaccess plugin with 2M+ active installs and a 4.4/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many htaccess plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 59 plugins tagged “htaccess” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which htaccess plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Htaccess File Editor – Safely Edit Htaccess File has the highest rating at 5/5 from 102 reviews.

Are these htaccess plugins actively maintained?

2 of the top 30 htaccess plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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