A safe & simple htaccess file editor with automatic htaccess backups & htaccess file syntax testing.
As of April 2026, Htaccess File Editor is a WordPress htaccess plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 102 reviews. It has been downloaded 809K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Redirection.
WP Htaccess Editor provides a simple, safe & fast way to edit, fix & test the site’s htaccess file from WP admin. Before saving, htaccess file can be tested for syntax errors. It also automatically creates a htaccess backup every time you make a change to the htaccess file. Htaccess backups can be restored directly from the plugin, or via FTP if the errors in htaccess file prevents WP from running normally. Great for fixing htaccess errors. For all questions, including support please use the official forum.
Access WP Htaccess Editor via WP Admin – Settings menu.
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Use the “test before saving”…
Review in 2025/2026…After many years of using plugins to do redirects, 410 rules, browser cache etc. I now just use chatGPT to write my htaccess and WP htaccess editor to implement it. This method has helped me clean my htaccess from 1400 lines built up over 3 versions of the website over 15 years to currently 270 lines. BIG SAVINGS in overhead.
Using in on a hosting that don’t display the .htacess in FTP, it’s working well ! 🙂
esay to use
Works well without any issues.
The plugin does exactly what it’s supposed to, and better. It’s a great help to edit the .htaccess without needing to go to the hosting, or when access to the hosting isn’t available.
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.2+ required |
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