In this post we’re going to look at 26 .htaccess hacks, from A to Z.

I know it takes time to implement .htaccess tricks but i am pretty sure it’s worth to do it.In many cases you don’t need to use WordPress plugins, just simple .htaccess tricks.

A to Z of WordPress .htaccess Hacks post presents 26 .htaccess hacks and those are my favorites :

1. C – WP-Config Protection
2. H – Disable hotlinking
3. L – Limiting number of simultaneous connections
4. M – Maintenance
5. P – Protect your .htaccess file.
6. U – Remove /category/ from your category URL
7. W – Redirect from http://www.whatever to http://whatever

I hope you find some free time to implement some of those hacks… as you can see there are many security tips also. Before you start your tests remember to have working backup !

Link to full post: A to Z of WordPress .htaccess Hacks.

.htaccess, the file which control the Apache webserver, is very useful and allows you to do a lot of things. In this article, let’s see how .htaccess can help you with your WordPress blog, for both security,functionnality and usability.

Simple tips that you can use for every blog without editing anything in WordPress setup, plugins..

What we can do after reading this tutorial ?

1 – Redirect WordPress RSS feeds to feedburner with .htaccess
2 – Remove /category/ from your WordPress url
3 – Using browser cache
4 – Compress static data
5 – Redirect Day and name permalinks to /%postname%/
6 – How to: Deny comment posting to no referrer requests
7 – Redirect visitors to a maintenance page
8 – Protect your WordPress blog from hotlinking
9 – Allow only your IP adress on the wp-admin directory
10 – Banning a WordPress Spammer With .htaccess

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