Jeffrey Costa

Clean .htaccess Tool is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to help you maintain a clean and efficient .htaccess file. It scans your .htaccess file for entries from deactivated or uninstalled plugins and allows you to safely remove them, enhancing your site’s security and performance.
Key features: 
* Automatic detection of unused .htaccess entries 
* User-friendly interface for reviewing and cleaning the .htaccess file 
* Backup creation before making any changes 
* Detailed diff view to see exactly what will be removed
Whether you’re a WordPress administrator looking to optimize your site’s performance or a developer cleaning up after testing multiple plugins, Clean .htaccess Tool simplifies the process of maintaining a lean and secure .htaccess file.
<h4>Why Clean Your .htaccess File?</h4>
<ol>
<li>Improved Security: Remove potential security vulnerabilities left by old or unused plugins.</li>
<li>Better Performance: A streamlined .htaccess file can lead to faster page load times.</li>
<li>Easier Maintenance: Keep your server configuration clean and understandable.</li>
<li>Conflict Prevention: Eliminate conflicting rules that could cause unexpected behavior.</li>
</ol>
Clean .htaccess Tool makes these benefits accessible to WordPress users of all experience levels, providing a safe and easy way to optimize this critical server file.

Clean .htaccess Tool

Clean .htaccess Tool simplifies WordPress security and performance by safely removing unused entries from your .htaccess file.

MatteoCandura

This plugin simplifies the life of WordPress users. 
Now you can easily create an htpasswd file to improve security of your site. 
Set and edit username and password, decide whether to enable or not the protection and the plugin will create a .htpasswd file and also add the necessary code to .htaccess file. 
You can also enable or disable protection and choose to change the permissions of .htaccess and .htpasswd files’ and set those to 444. This improve your security.
Plugin available on <a href="https://github.com/MatteoCandura/wp-htpasswd" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

WP htpasswd

This plugin improve the security of your website during development. It’s perfect to protect your directory. Easy to install, very easy to create username & password. Good job!

Security

Works amazing!

WP Htaccess helps you to improve the security of your site.

Clean .htaccess Tool vs WP htpasswd