.htaccess Redirect Generator (301, HTTPS, www)

On Apache hosting, redirects usually live in the .htaccess file: moving a page, sending every visitor to HTTPS, choosing between www and the bare domain, or moving a whole site. This generator writes the rules for those jobs — and for bulk lists of old and new addresses, folder moves, trailing slashes and hiding .html or .php — with regular-expression characters escaped and query strings handled correctly.

How to use this tool

1. Choose the kind of redirect and the status code (301 for permanent moves).
2. Fill in the old path and new address, the bulk list, or the domains.
3. Copy the rules near the top of the .htaccess file in your web root.
4. Test with a browser in a private window or curl -I, then keep the old URLs redirecting for at least a year.

Formula

mod_alias: Redirect code /old new (prefix match) or RedirectMatch code ^/old$ new (exact). mod_rewrite: RewriteCond tests (HTTPS, HTTP_HOST, QUERY_STRING), then RewriteRule ^pattern$ target [R=code,L].

In .htaccess, RewriteRule patterns are matched without the leading slash. Redirect and RedirectMatch never see the query string, so old addresses with "?" get a RewriteCond on %{QUERY_STRING}; QSD (Apache 2.4) stops the old query from being appended.

Example

HTTP → HTTPS gives RewriteEngine On, RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on and RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]. Moving /old-page.html to https://example.com/new-page/ gives RedirectMatch 301 ^/old-page\.html$ https://example.com/new-page/ — the dot is escaped so it only matches a real dot.