diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 8854559..5eca4e1 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 RewriteEngine On
-RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \ /(.+)\.php
+
+# top level php requests are converted to their html counterpart for backward compatability
+RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /(.+)\.php
 RewriteRule ^ /%1.html [L,R=301]
 
-Redirect /plugins.html https://docs.kde.org/stable4/en/extragear-office/kmymoney/details.settings.plugins.html
-Redirect /support.php /support/
-Redirect /documentation.php /support/documentation.html
-Redirect /faq.php /support/faq.html
-Redirect /recovery.php /support/recovery.html
-Redirect /release-notes.php /changelog.html
+# in case request is for a directory, open the index.html
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
+RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ $1/index.html [NC,L]
+
+# if the file does not exist, append .html
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]
+
+# Plugin information is taken from the KMyMoney 5.x online documentation
+Redirect /plugins.html https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/extragear-office/kmymoney/details.settings.plugins.html
 
+# this is the second step in converting release-notes.php -> changelog.html
+Redirect /release-notes.html /changelog.html