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10 Ways to Use .htaccess to Speed Up WordPress

Posted on 04 December 2011. Tags: .htaccess, word press, wp

Recently I’ve become more and more interested in the .htaccess file as a way to speed up and protect your site. Previously here on WPShout I’ve written an “A to Z of WordPress .htaccess Hacks”, which has been a very popular post, and today we’re going to look at ten easy methods to speed up WordPress with the .htaccess file. Not all of these applyspecifically to WordPress; you could easily apply most of these to any other site.

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PHP Mod_Rewrite

Posted on 11 November 2011.

I commented out the RewriteRule in my .htaccess file and created a new WP_Rewrite rule in my WP theme’s functions.php file. This effectively accomplishes the same thing, but ensures that WordPress is aware of the ‘extra’ querystring variables (so they’re not lost or ignored).

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Htaccess, Apache, And Rewrites!

Posted on 11 November 2011. Tags: .htaccess

As a web designer or developer, it is important to know how to use the htaccess file to your advantage. It is a very powerful tool, and can even work as a deterrent for bandwidth thieves, exploits, and hackers. Below are some common examples of rules to consider when developing websites. We hope you find them useful.

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How can I execute PHP code on my existing myfile.html page?

Posted on 04 November 2011. Tags: .htaccess, html, PHP

When a web page is accessed, the server checks the extension to know how to handle the page. Generally speaking if it sees a .htm or .html file, it sends it right to the browser because it doesn’t have anything to process on the server. If it sees a .php extension (or .shtml, or .asp, etc), it knows that it needs to execute the appropriate code before passing it along to the browser.

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Mod Rewrite Generator

Posted on 31 October 2011.

The Mod Rewrite Generator can be used to turn dynamic URLs into search engine friendly static URLs. Static URLs typically rank better in search engines than long complex dynamic URLs with lots of parameters, they are easier to index in the first place and they’re also friendlier looking to the end user.

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Using htaccess Files for Pretty URLS

Posted on 31 October 2011.

Continuing our review of htaccess files, today we’ll examine how to use mod_rewrite to create pretty URLs.

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Top 5 Online .htaccess Mod Rewrite Rules Generator

Posted on 31 October 2011. Tags: .htaccess

mod_rewrite rules are the power of apache which lets you to do magic withredirection. Using mod_rewrite rule you can create SEO friendly URL’s, forward specific request to any other domain, restrict access to webpages or website based on user agent and much more.

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