htaccess Redirect Generator

An .htaccess redirect generator turns a list of old-to-new URL mappings into the Apache directives that perform the redirects. The .htaccess file is a per-directory configuration file that the Apache web server reads on every request, and it is the standard place to declare redirects on shared hosting where you cannot edit the main server configuration. This tool writes both the mod_alias Redirect lines used for exact paths and the mod_rewrite RewriteRule lines used for pattern matches, so you can paste the result straight into the file at your site root.

Redirects exist mostly to protect the traffic and search rankings you have already earned. When a page moves, a 301 permanent redirect sends visitors and search engine crawlers to the new address and passes almost all of the old page's ranking signals along with them; a 302 temporary redirect forwards visitors but tells crawlers the move is not permanent, so the original URL keeps its ranking. Choosing the wrong status code, or leaving a moved page to return a 404, is one of the most common ways a site quietly loses organic traffic after a redesign or migration.

Beyond page-level redirects, the generator also produces the two site-wide rules almost every site needs: forcing every request onto HTTPS, and settling on a single canonical host by either adding or removing the www prefix. Serving the same content on http and https, or on both www and non-www, splits ranking signals and can trigger duplicate-content confusion, so these rules are as much an SEO concern as a security one. Everything is assembled in your browser from the values you type, so no URLs or site data are uploaded, and the tool works offline once the page has loaded.