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Working with websites requires you to be familiar with different types of files. You are probably used to dealing with some common ones like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP files. However, some lesser-known files like the .htaccess file still play an important role in overall site functionality.

The .htaccess file is a configuration file used by the Apache web server. This file controls various aspects of your website’s behavior on a per-directory basis. A single website installation can have multiple .htaccess files. They are used to override the main web server configuration for a particular directory. –

In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of the .htaccess file in WordPress and its practical applications. We will provide you with some code snippets that you can use on…

WordPress managed hosting provider WP Engine announced that it is ending support for .htaccess directives. WP Engine has started End-of-Life (EOL) processes for winding down the use of .htaccess on their servers and have set a date of October 2022 for full removal of support.

The use of .htaccess as a tool for managing websites is so deeply ingrained that the idea of no longer supporting .htaccess may sound like a deal breaker.  Some may rightly think that if customers can’t have a custom .htaccess then the web hosting service might not be suitable for how modern sites are created.

But a closer look at what WP Engine is doing shows that the decision makes sense and more surprisingly, this may in the future be a common feature of high performance web hosting.

Why WP Engine…