: Redirect to WWW with HTTPS optimization I want to redirect all my website pages to https and www. In order to do that I'm using the rules below and it's working fine. # Rewrite to WWW with

@Hamaas447

This will reduce the redirects

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www.example.com/ [L,R=301]

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@Alves908

There are some ways to rewrite the .htaccess file (for instance see this question). But, there is a simpler way to solve this: make sure you don't require people to go through the redirects to arrive at your page. That is, if you want people to see the https/www version of the page, then get them to the https/www version instead of the http/non-www version. The problem isn't so much the double redirects as it is the bad experience and slow speeds the double redirects causes.

So, how do you get people to the https/www version instead of the http/www version? That would require things like linking to that https/www version from your ads or social shares, making that the URL in your XML sitemap, specifying that URL in canonical tags, using the https/www version of the URLs in your internal site links, etc. By doing this, you'll cut down on the number of times people will have to go from http -> https AND go from non-www -> www, which will make the experience faster and better.

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