Here is the default .htaccess file for wordpress
If you are using cpanel, before you proceed make sure that you don’t have htaccess file already. Default File Manager settings in cpanel make it hidden
.htaccess file – default code for wordpress
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | # BEGIN WordPress<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>RewriteEngine OnRewriteBase /RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-fRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-dRewriteRule . /index.php [L]</ifmodule># END WordPress |
If your WordPress Installation is inside a directory say knowledge, which means your wordpress url is https://abcd.com/knowledge/ then htaccess code would be
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | # BEGIN WordPress<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>RewriteEngine OnRewriteBase /knowledge/RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-fRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-dRewriteRule . /knowledge/index.php [L]</ifmodule># END WordPress |
Add the following code for Leverage Browser Caching
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | <ifmodule mod_expires.c>ExpiresActive On</ifmodule># ImagesExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 year"ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"# VideoExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 1 year"ExpiresByType video/mpeg "access plus 1 year"# CSS, JavaScriptExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"# OthersExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month" |
Add the following code for GZip Compression
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | <ifmodule mod_deflate.c># Compress HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Text, XML and fontsAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascriptAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xmlAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobjectAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-fontAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentypeAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otfAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetypeAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttfAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascriptAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xmlAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xmlAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentypeAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otfAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttfAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xmlAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-iconAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/cssAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/htmlAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascriptAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plainAddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml</ifmodule># Remove browser bugs (only needed for really old browsers)BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/htmlBrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzipBrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/htmlHeader append Vary User-Agent |
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