bellathemes

WP Htaccess File Editor provides a simple, safe and fast way to edit the WordPress site’s .htaccess file from admin panel. It automatically creates backups every time you make a change to the htaccess file. Backups can be restored directly from the plugin, or via FTP.
Access WP Htaccess File Editor via the “Htaccess” menu in WP admin.
AUTOMATIC BACKUPS AND RESTORE
WP Htaccess File Editor makes automatic backups of htaccess file every time you make a change to it. You can restore backup just by clicking ‘Restore Backup’ button. Backups are located in /wp-content/ folder so you can easily find the htaccess backup and restore it manually.

WP Htaccess File Editor

Safe & simple WordPress htaccess file editor with automatic backup.

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.

WP Htaccess File Editor vs WP htpasswd