How to redirect www URLs to non-www or non-www URLs to www using the .htaccess file

Setting up 301 redirects from www URLs to non-www or from non-www URLs to www is beneficial for SEO purposes.

How to redirect www URLs to non-www?

To redirect your website from non-www to www, add the following lines in your website’s .htaccess file:

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

How to redirect non-www URLs to www?

To redirect your website from non-www to www, add the following lines in your website’s .htaccess file:

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

Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.