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Generate Apache .htaccess rules for HTTPS redirects, caching, GZIP, and security

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Configuration Options

Force HTTPS

Redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS using mod_rewrite

Force www

Redirect non-www requests to www subdomain

Redirect URL

From path

To URL

Enable GZIP Compression

Compress HTML, CSS, JS, and other text responses with mod_deflate

Browser Caching

Set cache expiry for images (1 month) and CSS/JS (1 week)

Block File Types

Comma-separated extensions to deny access to (e.g. log, bak, sql)

Custom 404 Page

Protect .htaccess

Deny direct HTTP access to the .htaccess file itself

.htaccess Output

# Force HTTPS
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

# Enable GZIP Compression
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
</IfModule>

# Browser Caching
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"
  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"
  ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"
  ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"
  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 hour"
</IfModule>

# Custom 404 Page
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

# Protect .htaccess
<Files .htaccess>
  Order Allow,Deny
  Deny from all
</Files>