Htaccess File Editor – Easily Edit, Backup, Restore .htaccess file

66 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

With 10,000 active installs and no major marketplace presence, it sits in a modest adoption tier well below the leading alternatives in this category.

Update Freshness

20/25

The plugin was last updated on 2025-12-02 and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, indicating active upkeep and recent compatibility work.

User Rating

6/15

Only 2 ratings contribute to the score, so the 100/100 figure reflects an extremely small sample and should not be treated as meaningful community validation.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads and zero resolved threads in the public tracker, so there is no observable track record for help or bug fixes.

WP Compatibility

15/15

It declares support for WordPress 6.5 and has been tested on 6.9.4, earning the maximum compatibility score in the breakdown.

Scores higher than 16% of indexed plugins

About

Simple editor htaccess file without using FTP client.

Active Installs 8k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2025-12-02 11:01am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.5+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: January 14, 2025

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What It Does

Provides a WordPress admin interface to view, edit, back up, and restore the .htaccess file directly from the dashboard, removing the need to log in via FTP or cPanel. It includes safety features such as backup creation before saving so you can roll back changes if a rewrite rule breaks your site.

Who It's For

Best for site owners and developers who lack SSH or FTP access, such as clients on managed WordPress hosts where the only available admin surface is wp-admin. It is also useful for agencies that need to make quick redirect or rewrite tweaks across multiple client sites without juggling server credentials.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone already comfortable editing .htaccess over SSH, SFTP, or the hosting file manager, or anyone who only needs simple redirect management, since a dedicated redirect plugin is safer and easier to audit.

The Bottom Line

Htaccess File Editor does one focused job and has been kept current with WordPress 6.9.4, but the near-absence of ratings and any support activity makes the 69.38/100 quality score feel generous. It is reasonable for a narrow use case where wp-admin is your only access point, yet most users will be better served by Redirection or the higher-scoring wp-htaccess-editor alternative.

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Redirection 89/100

Pick this if your main need is managing 301 redirects and tracking 404 errors, since its 2 million installs and active support dwarf this plugin.

Htaccess File Editor – Safely Edit Htaccess File 83/100

Choose this if you want a similar .htaccess editor with 40,000 installs and a higher quality score, suggesting a more battle-tested option.

Leverage Browser Caching 78/100

Pick this if your goal is specifically to add caching headers to .htaccess rather than general editing and backups.

Custom PHP Settings 72/100

Choose this if you need to adjust PHP runtime configuration values without direct server access rather than editing rewrite rules.