Force www or non-www in htaccess?

Maxoq · Aug 20, 2016

Many my friends at some point asked me ways to force either the www or non-www version of their site to display in their visitor's browser. For example we always use www.example.com or simply example.com display in our web browsers. There is a common thought that forcing one format is better for search engine optimization. I want to know there are some ways to perform this action in your .htaccess in the cPanel for my primary domains. Any guides?

LJSHost · Aug 20, 2016

in your .htaccess file

#Force www.

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301,NC]

cochinweb · Aug 20, 2016

Add the following domain to your .htaccess file.

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Force www or non-www in htaccess?

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