Apache htaccess redirect http/www to https/non-www

Question

To redirect from

 - http://www.domain.com
 - http://domain.com
 - https://www.domain.com

to https://domain.com

im using the following (apache)htaccess:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

This works, but I think it's not the best way. The first two sections would still be to combine, but I don't know how.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

Your use-case is the text-book example of when to completely avoid rewrite rules.

To redirect http URLs to https, simply do the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example.com
    Redirect "/" "https://www.example.com/"
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName www.example.com
    # ... SSL configuration goes here
</VirtualHost>

In addition: you should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance. Source: Apache manual

For more information see the mod_rewrite and aaa documentation.

Apache htaccess redirect http/www to https/non-www

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