Some snippets below to optimise your .htaccess file. This file can be found in your hosting www(public_html) directory. All Site Source Solution hosting packages come with most of these pre installed but it is recommended to check your own hosting file to make sure your site is optimised correctly.
Note: Try add each code section below one by one to your .htaccess file as incorrect settings may cause a page error. Use an FTP program and reload your website (and navigate a bit around) to make sure that your site is not being broken as you work with this file.
Defaults and basics
# RewriteEngine enabled, nothing happens without this RewriteEngine On # File execution order, add as needed DirectoryIndex index.php index.html # No directory listings IndexIgnore * Options +FollowSymLinks All -Indexes
Automatic compression of resources
# Compress text, html, javascript, css, xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
Remove (or add) www to your URL
# Obviously use one or the other below
# Redirect non-www to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
# Redirect www to non-www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
# If this code throws an HTTP 500 error, swap [R=301,L] with [R,L]
Redirect index.php to /
# Note: Change example.com to reflect your own domain name
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^POST
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT}>s ^(443>(s)|[0-9]+>s)$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http%2://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
# If this code throws an HTTP 500 error, swap [R=301,L] with [R,L]
