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Htaccess File Editor – Safely Edit Htaccess File
A tiny safety net for your most sensitive server files.
Growing
78/100
Users value the syntax testing and automatic backups that prevent site crashes.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
5.0★
102 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+58%
Growing fast
112 → 178 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +58% in the last year
112/day a year ago→178/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayHtaccess File Editor is a well-regarded, lightweight utility plugin that users find reliable and straightforward for editing .htaccess files directly from the WordPress dashboard, with no notable recurring complaints surfaced in the available reviews.
What people like
- +Does exactly what it advertises — allows editing of .htaccess from within WordPress without needing hosting/FTP access×4
- +Includes a test/validation step before saving, adding a safety net
- +Lightweight with minimal impact on the dashboard
- +Practical for consolidating and cleaning up .htaccess files, reducing overhead
Common complaints
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.96★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 19%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 102 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-01-07★★★★★Reduce Plugin Overheadstevewizard
- 2025-10-24★★★★★Works wellQuentin Le Duff
- 2025-05-02★★★★★Thank youSTELIAXE
- 2025-04-03★★★★★Excellent pluginmarguy1
- 2025-03-07★★★★★Recommendedsysstem
- 2024-11-16★★★★★Excellent workJohn Koumpouras
- 2024-06-22★★★★★brilliantpicaruco
- 2024-06-03★★★★★Perfectfalixat91-shot
- 2024-05-29★★★★★Does what it says on the labelsimdix1-shot
- 2024-05-27★★★★★Very simple and convenientanthonysta1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
173
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
179
Prior 7-day baseline
166
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
272
Mean release-day peak (30d)
176
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-3.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
19%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.38
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
98%
5★ share in analyzed sample
19%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.97 → 4.96★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered