{"id":22972,"date":"2017-07-27T07:34:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T12:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=22972"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:42:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:42:04","slug":"set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Up WordPress with Optimal .htaccess Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings.jpg\" alt=\"Set Up WordPress with Optimal .htaccess Settings\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-860x430.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-680x340.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-500x250.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Set-Up-WordPress-with-Optimal-.htaccess-Settings-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><br \/>\nIf you are a WordPress user then you probably have met the .htaccess file. The .htaccess file allows you to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis and it is very useful in case you want to enable\/disable additional functionality and features for your site. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to set up a basic WordPress site with optimal .htaccess settings on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\">VPS running Ubuntu 16.04<\/a> as an operating system.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-663446d85b9a7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-663446d85b9a7\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#1-Update-the-packages-on-Ubuntu\" title=\"1. Update the packages on Ubuntu\">1. Update the packages on Ubuntu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#2-Install-WordPress-on-Ubuntu\" title=\"2. Install WordPress on Ubuntu\">2. Install WordPress on Ubuntu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#3-Create-a-MySQL-database\" title=\"3. Create a MySQL database\">3. Create a MySQL database<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#4-Configure-wp-configphp\" title=\"4. Configure\u00a0wp-config.php\">4. Configure\u00a0wp-config.php<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#5-Create-and-Configure-Virtual-host\" title=\"5. Create and Configure Virtual host\">5. Create and Configure Virtual host<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#6-Optimal-htaccess-settings-for-WordPress\" title=\"6. Optimal .htaccess settings for WordPress\">6. Optimal .htaccess settings for WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#7-Protect-the-htaccess-File\" title=\"7.\u00a0Protect the .htaccess File\">7.\u00a0Protect the .htaccess File<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#8-Protect-the-wp-configphp-File\" title=\"8.\u00a0Protect the wp-config.php File\">8.\u00a0Protect the wp-config.php File<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/set-up-wordpress-with-optimal-htaccess-settings\/#9-Other-Settings\" title=\"9. Other Settings\">9. Other Settings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-Update-the-packages-on-Ubuntu\"><\/span>1. Update the packages on Ubuntu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is very important to keep all your software up to date, so once you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/connect-to-your-linux-vps-via-ssh\/\" rel=\"noopener\">connect to your Linux VPS via SSH<\/a> update the software to the latest version by using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get update\r\nsudo apt-get upgrade<\/pre>\n<p>It is also possible to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-enable-automatic-updates-on-a-linux-vps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">enable automatic updates on an Ubuntu VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-Install-WordPress-on-Ubuntu\"><\/span>2. Install WordPress on Ubuntu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>First of all, create a directory for the WordPress files and download the latest version of WordPress:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo mkdir \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\r\ncd \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\r\nsudo wget https:\/\/wordpress.org\/latest.zip<\/pre>\n<p>Extract the archive and set the proper ownership:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo unzip latest.zip\r\nsudo mv wordpress\/* .\r\nsudo rm -rf latest.zip wordpress\r\nsudo mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php\r\nsudo chown -R www-data: \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-Create-a-MySQL-database\"><\/span>3. Create a MySQL database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Next step is to create a MySQL database and user for the new WordPress site. Log in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/mysql-hosting.html\" rel=\"noopener\">MySQL database server<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre>mysql -u root -p<\/pre>\n<p>Run the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>mysql&gt; CREATE DATABASE wordpressdb;\r\nmysql&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on wordpressdb.* to 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' identified by 'PaSsW0rD';\r\nmysql&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nmysql&gt; EXIT\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-Configure-wp-configphp\"><\/span>4. Configure\u00a0wp-config.php<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Now, edit the <code>wp-config.php<\/code> file and change the database settings:<\/p>\n<pre>\/\/ ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** \/\/\r\n\/** The name of the database for WordPress *\/\r\ndefine('DB_NAME', 'wordpressdb');\r\n\r\n\/** MySQL database username *\/\r\ndefine('DB_USER', 'wordpressuser');\r\n\r\n\/** MySQL database password *\/\r\ndefine('DB_PASSWORD', 'PaSsW0rD');\r\n\r\n\/** MySQL hostname *\/\r\ndefine('DB_HOST', 'localhost');\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-Create-and-Configure-Virtual-host\"><\/span>5. Create and Configure Virtual host<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Create virtual host for the new WordPress site:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo nano \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/yourdomain.com.conf<\/pre>\n<p>Paste the following lines:<\/p>\n<pre>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\r\n ServerAdmin admin@yourdomain.com\r\n DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\r\n ServerName yourdomain.com\r\n ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com\r\n\r\n &lt;Directory \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\/&gt;\r\n \tRequire all granted\r\n &lt;\/Directory&gt;\r\n \r\n ErrorLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/yourdomain.com-error_log\r\n CustomLog \/var\/log\/apache2\/yourdomain.com-access_log common\r\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Enable the new virtual host and reload Apache for the changes to take effect:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo a2ensite yourdomain.com.conf\r\nsudo systemctl reload apache2<\/pre>\n<p>Now you should be able to access the WordPress site via web browser by using your domain name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone size-full wp-image-22973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp.png\" alt=\"wordpress setup\" width=\"915\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp.png 915w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-150x145.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-768x743.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-860x832.png 860w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-680x658.png 680w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-500x484.png 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-400x387.png 400w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-200x193.png 200w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wp-50x48.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you set up your administrator account, you can proceed to the .htaccess customization.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-Optimal-htaccess-settings-for-WordPress\"><\/span>6. Optimal .htaccess settings for WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first thing you need to do after installing WordPress on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ubuntu-hosting.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Ubuntu VPS<\/a> is to <strong>customize the WordPress permalinks settings<\/strong>. This is very important thing to do since it will improve the SEO quality of your site. Open the .htaccess file using a text editor like <code>nano<\/code>:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo nano \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\/.htaccess<\/pre>\n<p>Add the following lines:<\/p>\n<pre># BEGIN WordPress\r\n&lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;\r\nRewriteEngine On\r\nRewriteBase \/\r\nRewriteRule ^index\\.php$ - [L]\r\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f\r\nRewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d\r\nRewriteRule . \/index.php [L]\r\n&lt;\/IfModule&gt;\r\n# END WordPress\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7-Protect-the-htaccess-File\"><\/span>7.\u00a0<strong>Protect the .htaccess File<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The next thing you might want to do is to protect the .htaccess file itself:<\/p>\n<pre># Protect .htaccess\r\n&lt;files ~ \"^.*\\.([Hh][Tt][Aa])\"&gt;\r\norder allow,deny\r\ndeny from all\r\nsatisfy all\r\n&lt;\/files&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8-Protect-the-wp-configphp-File\"><\/span>8.\u00a0<strong>Protect the wp-config.php File<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While you are here you can protect the wp-config.php file too:<\/p>\n<pre># Protect WP-Config file\r\n&lt;files wp-config.php&gt;\r\norder allow,deny\r\ndeny from all\r\n&lt;\/files&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9-Other-Settings\"><\/span>9. Other Settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can also <strong>disable the directory listing<\/strong> by adding the following line:<\/p>\n<pre># Disable directory listing\r\nOptions All -Indexes\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>If your are not planning to allow 3rd-party applications to connect remotely to your WordPress site, you can <strong>disable the xmlrpc.php file<\/strong> too:<\/p>\n<pre># Protect XMLRPC file\r\n&lt;Files xmlrpc.php&gt;\r\norder deny,allow\r\ndeny from all\r\n&lt;\/Files&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>When it comes to performance, you might want to <strong>enable GZIP compression<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<pre>&lt;IfModule mod_deflate.c&gt;\r\n  # Compress HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Text, XML and fonts\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/javascript\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/rss+xml\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/vnd.ms-fontobject\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/x-font\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/x-font-opentype\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/x-font-otf\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/x-font-truetype\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/x-font-ttf\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/x-javascript\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/xhtml+xml\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application\/xml\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font\/opentype\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font\/otf\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font\/ttf\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image\/svg+xml\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image\/x-icon\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text\/css\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text\/html\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text\/javascript\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text\/plain\r\n  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text\/xml\r\n\r\n  # Remove browser bugs (only needed for really old browsers)\r\n  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla\/4 gzip-only-text\/html\r\n  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla\/4\\.0[678] no-gzip\r\n  BrowserMatch \\bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text\/html\r\n  Header append Vary User-Agent\r\n&lt;\/IfModule&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Additionally, you can <strong>enable leverage browser caching<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<pre># Expires caching\r\n&lt;IfModule mod_expires.c&gt;\r\nExpiresActive On\r\nExpiresByType image\/jpg \"access 1 year\"\r\nExpiresByType image\/jpeg \"access 1 year\"\r\nExpiresByType image\/gif \"access 1 year\"\r\nExpiresByType image\/png \"access 1 year\"\r\nExpiresByType text\/css \"access 1 month\"\r\nExpiresByType application\/pdf \"access 1 month\"\r\nExpiresByType text\/x-javascript \"access 1 month\"\r\nExpiresByType application\/x-shockwave-flash \"access 1 month\"\r\nExpiresByType image\/x-icon \"access 1 year\"\r\nExpiresDefault \"access 2 days\"\r\n&lt;\/IfModule&gt;\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>This will surely improve the overall score when performing online speed tests on your WordPress site.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/ssl-certificates.html\" rel=\"noopener\">SSL certificate<\/a> for your site you will surely like to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-redirect-http-traffic-to-https-in-nginx-and-apache\/\"><strong>redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS<\/strong><\/a>. Add the following lines to do so:<\/p>\n<pre>RewriteEngine On\r\nRewriteCond %{HTTPS} off\r\nRewriteRule (.*) https:\/\/%{SERVER_NAME}\/$1 [R,L]\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>There are more modifications you can do in your .htaccess file, but the ones we listed above should be enough for an optimal setup.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to do any of this if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/wordpress-hosting.html\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to help you\u00a0<strong>set up WordPress with optimal .htaccess settings<\/strong> on your server for you. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS.<\/strong> If you liked this post please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons below or simply leave a comment in the Comments section. 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