Title: .htaccess optimization tip!!
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# .htaccess optimization tip!!

 *  [Sven Kortekaas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svenkortekaas/)
 * (@svenkortekaas)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-optimization-tip/)
 * Hello,
 * I got errors from Google PageSpeed Insights ‘Avoid Landing Page Redirects’. The.
   htaccess code causes for 2 redirects instead of one.
 * Browser -> [http://[domain].com](http://[domain].com) -> (redirect) [https://[domain].com](https://[domain].com)-
   > (redirect) [https://www.[domain].com](https://www.[domain].com)
 * That gives you 2 redirects.
 * Instead of using
 *     ```
       # BEGIN HTTPS Redirection Plugin
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
       </IfModule>
       # END HTTPS Redirection Plugin
       ```
   
 * Try to use this code:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN HTTPS Redirection Plugin
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
       RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
       RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?(.*)$ [NC]
       RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
       </IfModule>
       # END HTTPS Redirection Plugin
       ```
   
 * It now uses one redirect instead of 2.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/https-redirection/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/https-redirection/)

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 *  Plugin Author [mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mra13/)
 * (@mra13)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-optimization-tip/#post-6145197)
 * What if for the sites that are not using “www” at all?

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## Tags

 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/redirect/)
 * [tip](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/tip/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mra13/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-optimization-tip/#post-6145197)
 * Status: not resolved