Title: WordPress vs .htaccess redirection
Last modified: December 20, 2018

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# WordPress vs .htaccess redirection

 *  Resolved [Pedro Cavaco Henriques](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pchenriques/)
 * (@pchenriques)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vs-htaccess-redirection/)
 * Hello,
 * 1. Should I disable “Enable WordPress 301 redirection to SSL” when enabling “
   Enable 301 .htaccess redirect”: [https://monosnap.com/file/25i8XdAHGOUrmIeqANbUKoPfU2rc8E](https://monosnap.com/file/25i8XdAHGOUrmIeqANbUKoPfU2rc8E)
 * 2. With the settings described above I notice there is a double redirection (
   [https://monosnap.com/file/Yq0zUCj3Ymz1WLyO4mA16Zb7FcsVTV](https://monosnap.com/file/Yq0zUCj3Ymz1WLyO4mA16Zb7FcsVTV))
   that does not’ occur if only “Enable WordPress 301 redirection to SSL” is enable.
   Isn’t slowing down the all redirection process?
 * Thanks,
 * Pedro
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwordpress-vs-htaccess-redirection%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwolters/)
 * (@markwolters)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vs-htaccess-redirection/#post-11012729)
 * Hi Pedro,
 * when the .htaccess redirect option is set, you can safely disable the WordPress
   301 redirect. Only one redirect option has to be set at any given time.
 * The double redirect you are seeing is normal, the first redirect will redirect
   http:// to [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vs-htaccess-redirection/?output_format=md),
   and then WordPress redirects to the site address with www. This isn’t an issue
   and you can leave the redirect as is. If you do want to redirect directly to 
   [https://www](https://www), you can do so by using the code examples in this 
   article: [https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/avoid-landing-page-redirects/](https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/avoid-landing-page-redirects/)
 * Mark
 *  Thread Starter [Pedro Cavaco Henriques](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pchenriques/)
 * (@pchenriques)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-vs-htaccess-redirection/#post-11012816)
 * Hi, Mark
 * Thanks for the clarification and very quick reply.
 * Cheers,
 * Pedro

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