Mod Rewrite Generator

The Mod Rewrite Generator can be used to turn dynamic URLs into search engine friendly static URLs. Static URLs typically rank better in search engines than long complex dynamic URLs with lots of parameters, they are easier to index in the first place and they're also friendlier looking to the end user.

The apache module mod_rewrite converts urls in a certain format to another format, and can be very useful in helping a site with dynamic content to be indexed.

Using this tool you can transform long dynamic URLs into short static URLs.

Enter your dynamic URL and click Generate It to generate your new URL:

For example, you may enter the URL:
http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/shop.php?cmd=product&category=vehicles&product=bus
and transform it into
http://www.domain.com/shop/vehicles/bus.html

The original URL

The rewritten URL

Congratulations! You have made a new rewrite rule.

Please pay attention to the parts marked by different colors. They are values of the parameters. The rewrite rule covers URLs that has the same form, but different colored parts. If you change a part of the rewritten URL, the corresponding part of the same color of the original URL is changed too.

The original URL:

The rewritten URL:

You may check if another URL will be rewritten by this rule and get the corresponding rewritten URL. Using this tool, you may easily get rewritten URLs for your original URLs.

You may also get the original URL by the rewritten URL. This tool converts URLs in both directions.

Original URL:
No corresponding Rewritten URL found!
Rewritten URL:
No corresponding Original URL found!

Rewrite Rule

Rule for .htaccess

The mod_rewrite rule for your site is done. Please follow the instructions below to install it.

1. First you need to check if the file .htaccess exists in the root of your website.
2. If the file .htaccess exists, download it from your site, add the lines below to the end of the file, and upload the modified file back to your site. Please make a copy of the original file .htaccess. So if anything goes wrong, you may restore the original file.
3. If the file .htaccess does not exist, create a new file .htaccess and add the lines below to it. Then upload it to the root of your website. You may delete it if anything goes wrong.

Add the following lines to .htaccess: