I’ve given examples for both “www” and also “without www”. I gave neutral code that works with any site. If you want, you could also replace “%{HTTP_HOST}%” with your domain name. I only have rewrites for Apache htaccess right now. (NGINX servers can try this.)
Add this code above the #BEGIN WordPress line in your htaccess.
Method #1
This one uses less code but has more redirects when you use page tools. It works well but perhaps slightly less efficient than the second. (I recommend this method for everyone using Swift Performance plugin.)
WITHOUT www (all visits go to “https://domain.com”):
#301 https redirects to without WWW
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]WITH www (all visits go to “https://www.domain.com”):
#301 https redirects to with WWW
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]Method #2
My new favorite method, thanks to Nazar Hotsa who’s researched every method and shared this with me. Awesome community guy with tons of enterprise webhosting experience.
WITHOUT www (all visits go to “https://domain.com”):
# BEGIN Redirects
RewriteEngine On
# 301 redirect www to non-www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
# 301 redirect to https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# END RedirectsWITH www (all visits go to “https://www.domain.com”):
# BEGIN Redirects
RewriteEngine On
# 301 redirect to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# 301 redirect to https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# END RedirectsOther ways to redirect?
Some people complained my examples used too many redirects. In that case, you’re welcome to research on your own and try other methods of redirection.
Read below and see which one you like best (beware, they all have their implications):
- https://simonecarletti.com/blog/2016/08/redirect-domain-http-https-www-apache/
- https://www.codexworld.com/redirect-non-www-to-www-http-to-https-using-htaccess-file/
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/redirect-http-https-www-to-https-non-www
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13977851/htaccess-redirect-to-https-www
- https://serverfault.com/questions/523199/redirect-all-http-and-https-non-www-urls-to-https-www-example-com-via-htaccess
- NGINX? – try this.
- And in case you need to do regular 301 redirects for new page or address
hi, method 1 not working me at all.
Then try method 2?
Method 2 works for me (non-WordPress site). Now, it doesn’t matter if the request is http or https, or if it contains www, or not. All combinations of those work for my desired result: non-www and https.
Thank you!
The problem with Method #2
it creates a redirect chain, with 2 redirects
for seo reasons, all should be done with one.
Method #2 is there because it works and the redirect chain is really not even an issue. Even if you’re worried about SEO, you have to know that Google will index the right one anyway. The redirect is only there for those who enter the wrong version.
Back in the days, many people did it like that and I still see it used today. It’s offered as an alternate in case method #1 doesn’t work for whatever reason. 🙂
can i use this code for blogger please reply
What do you mean? Is that another CMS?
I use nginx server how do i use 301 Redirects to HTTPS (with and without WWW) .thanks
Hi Hoasiso,
Please try this: https://bjornjohansen.no/redirect-to-https-with-nginx
Hi,
Is there a way to redirect direct from non www http to www https?
I would like to have straight redirect -> https://domain.pl to https://www.domain.pl and skip redirect chain: https:// to https:// to https://www.
METHOD #2 will do what you ask, but the reason why it isn’t method #1 for me is because it sometimes doesn’t work on some servers/environments. With that said, method #1 is safe and fast enough. Any redirect chain will only cost you 100-200ms the very first visit and then nothing after that. If you want the fastest redirect ever, use Cloudflare page rule. But really, you should be fine with method 1.
Really thanks for your explanation!
I dont remember how many times I back to visit this article.
Then… finally I write my name here.
I WAS HERE. ^_^
Great stuff as always.
Lol, yeah. It’s written for me as reference, too. That’s why I linked to it from homepage. Hahaha…thank for signing this mountain guestbook. 😀
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Hi! I use this code on swift and it works with www and non www. Could you check if this is slower than your method 1 or 2?
# Redirect non-www to (ssl) www
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^barangolunk\.hu [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.barangolunk.hu/$1 [L,R=301]
# Redirect non-SSL to SSL
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
I’m not a regex expert. But if you really care, then test and see for yourself.