.htaccess is a small text file that is installed either directly in a domain folder or inside a subfolder to guide the web server how it must address requests when a site or a folder that is part of it is accessed. Numerous commonly used scripts like Joomla™ and WordPress use an .htaccess file. If you get a great deal of fake traffic to your site, for example, you could block the access of certain IP addresses and third-party websites, or you could request the visitor to input a username and a password to see the content. You could also set up URL redirecting or use custom made error pages for your website, prevent other websites from linking to your content directly and from using your account’s traffic quota, etcetera. An .htaccess file offers you a lot more control over your websites and the way they function.

.htaccess Generator in Hosting

When you acquire any of our hosting plans, you can benefit from our easy-to-use .htaccess generator tool, that's part of the Hepsia Control Panel. You won't need to know what syntax the different directives in this type of a file should have, since our tool is super easy to use and you shall only have to check boxes or input URLs, so you can use an .htaccess file even in case you have never had a website hosting account before. Our .htaccess generator provides a substantial amount of options - you can block IP addresses, set the first page that loads when someone opens your Internet site, create password protection, forward a domain to another web address, enable PHP in HTML files, enable Server Side Includes, plus more. You'll even be able to set a different PHP version for each of your Internet sites.