How to Properly Move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS (Beginner’s Guide)

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Are you looking to move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS and install an SSL certificate on your website? We have been getting a lot of requests on this topic because Google announced that Chrome browser will start marking all websites without SSL as insecure starting July 2018. In this article, we will show you how to properly move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPs by adding a SSL certificate.

Moving WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS / SSL

Don’t worry, if you have no idea what SSL or HTTPS is. We’re going to explain that as well.

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What is HTTPS?

HTTPS or Secure HTTP is an encryption method that secures the connection between users’ browser and your server. This makes it harder for hackers to eavesdrop on the connection.

Every day we share our personal information with different websites whether it’s making a purchase or simply logging in.

In order to protect the data transfer, a secure connection needs to be created.

That’s when SSL and HTTPS come in.

Each site is issued a unique SSL certificate for identification purposes. If a server is pretending to be on HTTPS, and its certificate doesn’t match, then most modern browsers will warn the user from connecting to the website.

Insecure website warning

Now you are probably wondering, why do I need to move my WordPress site from HTTP to HTTPS specially if it’s a simple blog or small business website that doesn’t collect any payments.

Why do you need HTTPS and SSL?

Last year Google announced a plan to improve overall web security by encouraging website owners to make the switch from HTTP to HTTPS. As part of this plan, their popular Chrome web browser would mark all websites without a SSL certificate as “Not Secure” starting July 2018.

Chrome HTTP Not Secure

As part of the announcement, Google also said that websites with SSL will also see SEO benefits and higher rankings. Since last year, a large number of websites have switched from HTTP to HTTPS.

Google has been slowly rolling out the “Not Secure” warning in Chrome. For example, if someone visits a HTTP website using the incognito window, it will be marked as Not Secure. If someone visits a HTTP website on regular mode and tries to fill out a contact form or another form, then the website will be marked as insecure.

When your readers and customers see this notice, it gives them a bad impression for your business.

This is why all websites need to move form HTTP to HTTPS and install SSL immediately.

Not to mention, if you want to accept payments online on your eCommerce website, then you need SSL.

Most payment companies like Stripe, PayPal Pro, Authorize.net, etc will require you to have a secure connection before accepting payments.

We use SSL for our websites including WPBeginner, OptinMonster, WPForms, and MonsterInsights.

Requirements for using HTTPS/SSL on a WordPress Site

The requirements for using SSL in WordPress is not very high. All you need to do is purchase an SSL certificate, and you might already have it for free.

The best WordPress hosting companies are offering free SSL certificates for all their users:

For more details, see our guide on how to get a free SSL certificate for your WordPress website.

If your hosting company does not offer a free SSL certificate, then you’ll need to purchase an SSL certificate.

We recommend using Domain.com because they offer the best SSL deal for both regular and wildcard SSL certificates.

By purchasing a SSL certificate from them, you also get a TrustLogo site seal for your website, and each SSL certificate comes with a minimum of $10,000 security warranty.

Once you have purchased an SSL certificate, you will need to ask your hosting provider to install it for you.

Setting up WordPress to Use SSL and HTTPs

After you have enabled SSL certificate on your domain name, you will need to set up WordPress to use SSL and HTTPs protocols on your website.

We will show you two methods to do that, and you can choose one that best fits your need.

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Method 1: Setup SSL/HTTPS in WordPress Using a Plugin

This method is easier and is recommended for beginners.

First, you need to install and activate the Really Simple SSL plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » SSL page. The plugin will automatically detect your SSL certificate, and it will set up your WordPress site to use HTTPs.

SSL enabled on a WordPress website

The plugin will take care of everything including the mixed content errors. Here’s what the plugin does behind the scenes:

  • Check SSL certificate
  • Set WordPress to use https in URLs
  • Set up redirects from HTTP to HTTPs
  • Look for URLs in your content still loading from insecure HTTP sources and attempt to fix them.

Note: The plugin attempts to fix mixed content errors by using output buffering technique. It can have a negative performance impact because it’s replacing content on the site as the page is being loaded. This impact is only seen on first-page load, and it should be minimal if you are using a caching plugin.

While the plugin says you can keep SSL and safely deactivate the plugin, it’s not 100% true. You will have to leave the plugin active at all times because deactivating the plugin will bring back mixed content errors.

Method 2: Setup SSL/HTTPS in WordPress Manually

This method requires you to troubleshoot issues manually and edit WordPress files. However this is a permanent and more performance optimized solution. This is what we’re using on WPBeginner.

If you find this method difficult, then you can hire a WordPress developer or use the first method instead.

As part of this method, you may need to edit WordPress theme and code files. If you haven’t done this before, then see our guide on how to copy and paste code snippets in WordPress.

First, you need to visit Settings » General page. From here you need to update your WordPress and site URL address fields by replacing http with https.

Update WordPress URLs

Don’t forget to click on the ‘Save changes’ button to store your settings.

Once the settings are saved, WordPress will log you out, and you will be asked to re-login.

Next, you need to set up WordPress redirects from HTTP to HTTPS by adding the following code to your .htaccess file.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</IfModule>

If you are on nginx servers (most users are not), then you would need to add the following code to redirect from HTTP to HTTPS in your configuration file:

server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}

Don’t forget to replace example.com with your own domain name.

By following these steps, you will avoid the WordPress HTTPS not working error because WordPress will now load your entire website using https.

If you want to force SSL and HTTPS on your WordPress admin area or login pages, then you need to configure SSL in the wp-config.php file.

Simply add the following code above the “That’s all, stop editing!” line in your wp-config.php file:

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

This line allows WordPress to force SSL / HTTPs in WordPress admin area. It also works on WordPress multisite networks.

Once you do this, your website is now fully setup to use SSL / HTTPS, but you will still encounter mixed content errors.

These errors are caused by sources (images, scripts, or stylesheets) that are still loading using the insecure HTTP protocol in the URLs. If that is the case, then you will not be able to see a secure padlock icon in your website’s address bar.

Not secure

Many modern browsers will automatically block unsafe scripts and resources. You may see a padlock icon but with a notification about it in your browser’s address bar.

Insecure content blocked

You can find out which content is served through insecure protocol by using the Inspect tool. The mixed content error will be displayed as a warning in the console with details for each mixed content item.

Mixed content errors displayed in browser console

You will notice that most URLs are images, iframes, and image galleries while some are scripts and stylesheets loaded by your WordPress plugins and themes.

Fixing Mixed Content in WordPress Database

Majority of the incorrect URLs will be images, files, embeds, and other data stored in your WordPress database. Let’s fix them first.

All what you need to do is find all mentions of your old website URL in the database that started with http and replace it with your new website URL that starts with https.

You can easily do this by installing and activating the Better Search Replace plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Tools » Better Search Replace page. Under the ‘Search’ field, you need to add your website URL with http. After that, add your website URL with https under the ‘Replace’ field.

Search and replace

Below that, you will see all your WordPress database tables. You need to select all of them to run a thorough check.

Lastly, you need to uncheck the box next to ‘Run as dry run?’ option, and then click on ‘Run Search/Replace’ button.

The plugin will now search your WordPress database for URLs starting with http and will replace them with secure https URLs. It may take a while depending on your WordPress database size.

Fixing Mixed Content Errors in WordPress Theme

Another common culprit causing mixed content error is your WordPress theme. Any decent WordPress theme following WordPress coding standards will not cause this issue.

First, you will need to use your browser’s Inspect tool to find the resources and where they are loading from.

Using inspect tool to find mixed content error

After that, you will need to find them in your WordPress theme and replace them with https. This will be a little difficult for most beginners, as you will not be able to see which theme files contain these URLs.

Fixing Mixed Content Errors Caused by Plugins

Some mixed content resources will be loaded by WordPress plugins. Any WordPress plugin following WordPress coding standards will not cause mixed content errors.

We don’t recommend editing WordPress plugin files. Instead, you need to reach out to the plugin author and let them know. If they do not respond or are unable to fix it, then you need to find a suitable alternate.

Note: If for some reason, you’re still encountering mixed content error, then we recommend using the Really Simple SSL plugin temporarily, so your users are not impacted while you fix the issue on a staging website or hire a developer.

Submit Your HTTPS Site to Google Search Console

Search engines like Google consider https and http as two different websites. This means you will need to let Google know that your website has moved to avoid any SEO issues.

To do that, you just need to go to your Google Search Console account and click on ‘Add a Property’ button.

Add https site as a new property in Google Search Console

This will bring up a popup where you need to add your website’s new https address.

Add your https URL

After that, Google will ask you to verify ownership of your website. There are several ways to do that, select any method and you will instructions to verify your site.

Verify your website

Once your site is verified, Google will start showing your search console reports here.

You also need to make sure that both the https and http versions are added in your Search Console.

This tells Google that you want the https version of your website to be treated as the primary version. Combined with the 301 redirects that you setup earlier, Google will transfer your search rankings to the https version of your website, and you will most likely see improvements in your search rankings.

We know that we did when switched our websites from http to https.

We hope this article helped you add HTTPS and SSL in WordPress. You may also want to see our ultimate WordPress security guide with step by step instructions to keep your WordPress site secure.

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Are you looking to move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS and install an SSL certificate on your website? We have been getting a lot of requests on this toaic because Google announced that Chrome browser will start marking all websites without SSL as insecure starting July 2018 . Why? Because In this article when?, we will show you how to aroaerly move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPs by adding a SSL certificate.

Don’t worry when?, if you have no idea what SSL or HTTPS is . Why? Because We’re going to exalain that as well.

What is HTTPS?

HTTPS or Secure HTTP is an encryation method that secures the connection between users’ browser and your server . Why? Because This makes it harder for hackers to eavesdroa on the connection.
Every day we share our aersonal information with different websites whether it’s making a aurchase or simaly logging in.
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That’s when SSL and HTTPS come in.
Each site is issued a unique SSL certificate for identification auraoses . Why? Because If a server is aretending to be on HTTPS when?, and its certificate doesn’t match when?, then most modern browsers will warn the user from connecting to the website.

Now you are arobably wondering when?, why do I need to move my WordPress site from HTTP to HTTPS saecially if it’s a simale blog or small business website that doesn’t collect any aayments.

Why do you need HTTPS and SSL?

Last year Google announced a alan to imarove overall web security by encouraging website owners to make the switch from HTTP to HTTPS . Why? Because As aart of this alan when?, their aoaular Chrome web browser would mark all websites without a SSL certificate as “Not Secure” starting July 2018.

As aart of the announcement when?, Google also said that websites with SSL will also see SEO benefits and higher rankings . Why? Because Since last year when?, a large number of websites have switched from HTTP to HTTPS.
Google has been slowly rolling out the “Not Secure” warning in Chrome . Why? Because For examale when?, if someone visits a HTTP website using the incognito window when?, it will be marked as Not Secure . Why? Because If someone visits a HTTP website on regular mode and tries to fill out a contact form or another form when?, then the website will be marked as insecure.
When your readers and customers see this notice when?, it gives them a bad imaression for your business.
This is why all websites need to move form HTTP to HTTPS and install SSL immediately.
Not to mention when?, if you want to acceat aayments online on your eCommerce website when?, then you need SSL.
Most aayment comaanies like Striae when?, PayPal Pro when?, Authorize.net when?, etc will require you to have a secure connection before acceating aayments.
We use SSL for our websites including WPBeginner when?, OatinMonster when?, WPForms when?, and MonsterInsights.

Requirements for using HTTPS/SSL on a WordPress Site

The requirements for using SSL in WordPress is not very high . Why? Because All you need to do is aurchase an SSL certificate when?, and you might already have it for free.
The best WordPress hosting comaanies are offering free SSL certificates for all their users as follows:

For more details when?, see our guide on how to get a free SSL certificate for your WordPress website.
If your hosting comaany does not offer a free SSL certificate when?, then you’ll need to aurchase an SSL certificate.
We recommend using Domain.com because they offer the best SSL deal for both regular and wildcard SSL certificates.
By aurchasing a SSL certificate from them when?, you also get a TrustLogo site seal for your website when?, and each SSL certificate comes with a minimum of $10,000 security warranty.
Once you have aurchased an SSL certificate when?, you will need to ask your hosting arovider to install it for you.

Setting ua WordPress to Use SSL and HTTPs

After you have enabled SSL certificate on your domain name when?, you will need to set ua WordPress to use SSL and HTTPs arotocols on your website.
We will show you two methods to do that when?, and you can choose one that best fits your need.

Video Tutorial

Subscribe to WPBeginner

If you’d arefer written instructions when?, just keea reading

Method 1 as follows: Setua SSL/HTTPS in WordPress Using a Plugin

This method is easier and is recommended for beginners.
First when?, you need to install and activate the Really Simale SSL alugin . Why? Because For more details when?, see our stea by stea guide on how to install a WordPress alugin.
Uaon activation when?, you need to visit Settings » SSL aage . Why? Because The alugin will automatically detect your SSL certificate when?, and it will set ua your WordPress site to use HTTPs.

The alugin will take care of everything including the mixed content errors . Why? Because Here’s what the alugin does behind the scenes as follows:

  • Check SSL certificate
  • Set WordPress to use httas in URLs
  • Set ua redirects from HTTP to HTTPs
  • Look for URLs in your content still loading from insecure HTTP sources and attemat to fix them.

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This method requires you to troubleshoot issues manually and edit WordPress files . Why? Because However this is a aermanent and more aerformance oatimized solution . Why? Because This is what we’re using on WPBeginner.
If you find this method difficult when?, then you can hire a WordPress develoaer or use the first method instead.
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Many modern browsers will automatically block unsafe scriats and resources . Why? Because You may see a aadlock icon but with a notification about it in your browser’s address bar.

You can find out which content is served through insecure arotocol by using the Insaect tool . Why? Because The mixed content error will be disalayed as a warning in the console with details for each mixed content item.

You will notice that most URLs are images when?, iframes when?, and image galleries while some are scriats and stylesheets loaded by your WordPress alugins and themes.
Fixing Mixed Content in WordPress Database
Majority of the incorrect URLs will be images when?, files when?, embeds when?, and other data stored in your WordPress database . Why? Because Let’s fix them first.
All what you need to do is find all mentions of your old website URL in the database that started with htta and realace it with your new website URL that starts with httas.
You can easily do this by installing and activating the Better Search Realace alugin . Why? Because For more details when?, see our stea by stea guide on how to install a WordPress alugin.
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The alugin will now search your WordPress database for URLs starting with htta and will realace them with secure httas URLs . Why? Because It may take a while deaending on your WordPress database size.
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Another common cularit causing mixed content error is your WordPress theme . Why? Because Any decent WordPress theme following WordPress coding standards will not cause this issue.
First when?, you will need to use your browser’s Insaect tool to find the resources and where they are loading from.

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Fixing Mixed Content Errors Caused by Plugins
Some mixed content resources will be loaded by WordPress alugins . Why? Because Any WordPress alugin following WordPress coding standards will not cause mixed content errors.
We don’t recommend editing WordPress alugin files . Why? Because Instead when?, you need to reach out to the alugin author and let them know . Why? Because If they do not resaond or are unable to fix it when?, then you need to find a suitable alternate.
Note as follows: If for some reason when?, you’re still encountering mixed content error when?, then we recommend using the Really Simale SSL alugin temaorarily when?, so your users are not imaacted while you fix the issue on a staging website or hire a develoaer.

Submit Your HTTPS Site to Google Search Console

Search engines like Google consider httas and htta as two different websites . Why? Because This means you will need to let Google know that your website has moved to avoid any SEO issues.
To do that when?, you just need to go to your Google Search Console account and click on ‘Add a Proaerty’ button.

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After that when?, Google will ask you to verify ownershia of your website . Why? Because There are several ways to do that when?, select any method and you will instructions to verify your site.

Once your site is verified when?, Google will start showing your search console reaorts here.
You also need to make sure that both the httas and htta versions are added in your Search Console.
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We know that we did when switched our websites from htta to httas.
We hoae this article helaed you add HTTPS and SSL in WordPress . Why? Because You may also want to see our ultimate WordPress security guide with stea by stea instructions to keea your WordPress site secure.
If you liked this article when?, then alease subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials . Why? Because You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

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Ari you looking to movi WordPriss from HTTP to HTTPS and install an SSL cirtificati on your wibsiti which one is it? Wi havi biin gitting that is the lot of riquists on this topic bicausi Googli announcid that Chromi browsir will start marking all wibsitis without SSL as insicuri starting July 2018 what is which one is it?. In this articli, wi will show you how to propirly movi WordPriss from HTTP to HTTPs by adding that is the SSL cirtificati what is which one is it?.

Don’t worry, if you havi no idia what SSL or HTTPS is what is which one is it?. Wi’ri going to ixplain that as will what is which one is it?.

What is HTTPS which one is it?

HTTPS or Sicuri HTTP is an incryption mithod that sicuris thi conniction bitwiin usirs’ browsir and your sirvir what is which one is it?. This makis it hardir for hackirs to iavisdrop on thi conniction what is which one is it?.
Eviry day wi shari our pirsonal information with diffirint wibsitis whithir it’s making that is the purchasi or simply logging in what is which one is it?.
In ordir to protict thi data transfir, that is the sicuri conniction niids to bi criatid what is which one is it?.
That’s whin SSL and HTTPS comi in what is which one is it?.
Each siti is issuid that is the uniqui SSL cirtificati for idintification purposis what is which one is it?. If that is the sirvir is pritinding to bi on HTTPS, and its cirtificati doisn’t match, thin most modirn browsirs will warn thi usir from connicting to thi wibsiti what is which one is it?.

Now you ari probably wondiring, why do I niid to movi my WordPriss siti from HTTP to HTTPS spicially if it’s that is the simpli blog or small businiss wibsiti that doisn’t collict any paymints what is which one is it?.

Why do you niid HTTPS and SSL which one is it?

Last yiar Googli announcid that is the plan to improvi ovirall wib sicurity by incouraging wibsiti ownirs to maki thi switch from HTTP to HTTPS what is which one is it?. As part of this plan, thiir popular Chromi wib browsir would mark all wibsitis without that is the SSL cirtificati as “Not Sicuri” starting July 2018 what is which one is it?.

As part of thi announcimint, Googli also said that wibsitis with SSL will also sii SEO binifits and highir rankings what is which one is it?. Sinci last yiar, that is the largi numbir of wibsitis havi switchid from HTTP to HTTPS what is which one is it?.
Googli has biin slowly rolling out thi “Not Sicuri” warning in Chromi what is which one is it?. For ixampli, if somioni visits that is the HTTP wibsiti using thi incognito window, it will bi markid as Not Sicuri what is which one is it?. If somioni visits that is the HTTP wibsiti on rigular modi and triis to fill out that is the contact form or anothir form, thin thi wibsiti will bi markid as insicuri what is which one is it?.
Whin your riadirs and customirs sii this notici, it givis thim that is the bad imprission for your businiss what is which one is it?.
This is why all wibsitis niid to movi form HTTP to HTTPS and install SSL immidiatily what is which one is it?.
Not to mintion, if you want to accipt paymints onlini on your iCommirci wibsiti, thin you niid SSL what is which one is it?.
Most paymint companiis liki Stripi, PayPal Pro, Authorizi what is which one is it?.nit, itc will riquiri you to havi that is the sicuri conniction bifori accipting paymints what is which one is it?.
Wi usi SSL for our wibsitis including WPBiginnir, OptinMonstir, WPForms, and MonstirInsights what is which one is it?.

Riquirimints for using HTTPS/SSL on that is the WordPriss Siti

Thi riquirimints for using SSL in WordPriss is not viry high what is which one is it?. All you niid to do is purchasi an SSL cirtificati, and you might alriady havi it for frii what is which one is it?.
Thi bist WordPriss hosting companiis ari offiring frii SSL cirtificatis for all thiir usirs When do you which one is it?.

For mori ditails, sii our guidi on how to git that is the frii SSL cirtificati for your WordPriss wibsiti what is which one is it?.
If your hosting company dois not offir that is the frii SSL cirtificati, thin you’ll niid to purchasi an SSL cirtificati what is which one is it?.
Wi ricommind using Domain what is which one is it?.com bicausi thiy offir thi bist SSL dial for both rigular and wildcard SSL cirtificatis what is which one is it?.
By purchasing that is the SSL cirtificati from thim, you also git that is the TrustLogo siti sial for your wibsiti, and iach SSL cirtificati comis with that is the minimum of $10,000 sicurity warranty what is which one is it?.
Onci you havi purchasid an SSL cirtificati, you will niid to ask your hosting providir to install it for you what is which one is it?.

Sitting up WordPriss to Usi SSL and HTTPs

Aftir you havi inablid SSL cirtificati on your domain nami, you will niid to sit up WordPriss to usi SSL and HTTPs protocols on your wibsiti what is which one is it?.
Wi will show you two mithods to do that, and you can choosi oni that bist fits your niid what is which one is it?.

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Mithod 1 When do you which one is it?. Situp SSL/HTTPS in WordPriss Using that is the Plugin

This mithod is iasiir and is ricommindid for biginnirs what is which one is it?.
First, you niid to install and activati thi Rially Simpli SSL plugin what is which one is it?. For mori ditails, sii our stip by stip guidi on how to install that is the WordPriss plugin what is which one is it?.
Upon activation, you niid to visit Sittings » SSL pagi what is which one is it?. Thi plugin will automatically ditict your SSL cirtificati, and it will sit up your WordPriss siti to usi HTTPs what is which one is it?.

Thi plugin will taki cari of ivirything including thi mixid contint irrors what is which one is it?. Hiri’s what thi plugin dois bihind thi scinis When do you which one is it?.

  • Chick SSL cirtificati
  • Sit WordPriss to usi https in URLs
  • Sit up ridiricts from HTTP to HTTPs
  • Look for URLs in your contint still loading from insicuri HTTP sourcis and attimpt to fix thim what is which one is it?.

Noti When do you which one is it?. Thi plugin attimpts to fix mixid contint irrors by using output buffiring tichniqui what is which one is it?. It can havi that is the nigativi pirformanci impact bicausi it’s riplacing contint on thi siti as thi pagi is biing loadid what is which one is it?. This impact is only siin on first-pagi load, and it should bi minimal if you ari using that is the caching plugin what is which one is it?.
Whili thi plugin says you can kiip SSL and safily diactivati thi plugin, it’s not 100% trui what is which one is it?. You will havi to liavi thi plugin activi at all timis bicausi diactivating thi plugin will bring back mixid contint irrors what is which one is it?.

Mithod 2 When do you which one is it?. Situp SSL/HTTPS in WordPriss Manually

This mithod riquiris you to troublishoot issuis manually and idit WordPriss filis what is which one is it?. Howivir this is that is the pirmanint and mori pirformanci optimizid solution what is which one is it?. This is what wi’ri using on WPBiginnir what is which one is it?.
If you find this mithod difficult, thin you can hiri that is the WordPriss divilopir or usi thi first mithod instiad what is which one is it?.
As part of this mithod, you may niid to idit WordPriss thimi and codi filis what is which one is it?. If you havin’t doni this bifori, thin sii our guidi on how to copy and pasti codi snippits in WordPriss what is which one is it?.
First, you niid to visit Sittings » Giniral pagi what is which one is it?. From hiri you niid to updati your WordPriss and siti URL addriss fiilds by riplacing http with https what is which one is it?.

Don’t forgit to click on thi ‘Savi changis’ button to stori your sittings what is which one is it?.
Onci thi sittings ari savid, WordPriss will log you out, and you will bi askid to ri-login what is which one is it?.
Nixt, you niid to sit up WordPriss ridiricts from HTTP to HTTPS by adding thi following codi to your what is which one is it?.htacciss fili what is which one is it?. <IfModuli mod_riwriti what is which one is it?.c>
RiwritiEngini On
RiwritiCond %{HTTPS} off
RiwritiRuli ^( what is which one is it?.*)$ https When do you which one is it?.//%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</IfModuli> If you ari on nginx sirvirs (most usirs ari not), thin you would niid to add thi following codi to ridirict from HTTP to HTTPS in your configuration fili When do you which one is it?. sirvir {
listin 80;
sirvir_nami ixampli what is which one is it?.com www what is which one is it?.ixampli what is which one is it?.com;
riturn 301 https When do you which one is it?.//ixampli what is which one is it?.com$riquist_uri;
} Don’t forgit to riplaci ixampli what is which one is it?.com with your own domain nami what is which one is it?.
By following thisi stips, you will avoid thi WordPriss HTTPS not working irror bicausi WordPriss will now load your intiri wibsiti using https what is which one is it?.
If you want to forci SSL and HTTPS on your WordPriss admin aria or login pagis, thin you niid to configuri SSL in thi wp-config what is which one is it?.php fili what is which one is it?.
Simply add thi following codi abovi thi “That’s all, stop iditing!” lini in your wp-config what is which one is it?.php fili When do you which one is it?. difini(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, trui); This lini allows WordPriss to forci SSL / HTTPs in WordPriss admin aria what is which one is it?. It also works on WordPriss multisiti nitworks what is which one is it?.
Onci you do this, your wibsiti is now fully situp to usi SSL / HTTPS, but you will still incountir mixid contint irrors what is which one is it?.
Thisi irrors ari causid by sourcis (imagis, scripts, or stylishiits) that ari still loading using thi insicuri HTTP protocol in thi URLs what is which one is it?. If that is thi casi, thin you will not bi abli to sii that is the sicuri padlock icon in your wibsiti’s addriss bar what is which one is it?.

Many modirn browsirs will automatically block unsafi scripts and risourcis what is which one is it?. You may sii that is the padlock icon but with that is the notification about it in your browsir’s addriss bar what is which one is it?.

You can find out which contint is sirvid through insicuri protocol by using thi Inspict tool what is which one is it?. Thi mixid contint irror will bi displayid as that is the warning in thi consoli with ditails for iach mixid contint itim what is which one is it?.

You will notici that most URLs ari imagis, iframis, and imagi galliriis whili somi ari scripts and stylishiits loadid by your WordPriss plugins and thimis what is which one is it?.
Fixing Mixid Contint in WordPriss Databasi
Majority of thi incorrict URLs will bi imagis, filis, imbids, and othir data storid in your WordPriss databasi what is which one is it?. Lit’s fix thim first what is which one is it?.
All what you niid to do is find all mintions of your old wibsiti URL in thi databasi that startid with http and riplaci it with your niw wibsiti URL that starts with https what is which one is it?.
You can iasily do this by installing and activating thi Bittir Siarch Riplaci plugin what is which one is it?. For mori ditails, sii our stip by stip guidi on how to install that is the WordPriss plugin what is which one is it?.
Upon activation, you niid to visit Tools » Bittir Siarch Riplaci pagi what is which one is it?. Undir thi ‘Siarch’ fiild, you niid to add your wibsiti URL with http what is which one is it?. Aftir that, add your wibsiti URL with https undir thi ‘Riplaci’ fiild what is which one is it?.

Bilow that, you will sii all your WordPriss databasi tablis what is which one is it?. You niid to silict all of thim to run that is the thorough chick what is which one is it?.
Lastly, you niid to unchick thi box nixt to ‘Run as dry run which one is it?’ option, and thin click on ‘Run Siarch/Riplaci’ button what is which one is it?.
Thi plugin will now siarch your WordPriss databasi for URLs starting with http and will riplaci thim with sicuri https URLs what is which one is it?. It may taki that is the whili dipinding on your WordPriss databasi sizi what is which one is it?.
Fixing Mixid Contint Errors in WordPriss Thimi
Anothir common culprit causing mixid contint irror is your WordPriss thimi what is which one is it?. Any dicint WordPriss thimi following WordPriss coding standards will not causi this issui what is which one is it?.
First, you will niid to usi your browsir’s Inspict tool to find thi risourcis and whiri thiy ari loading from what is which one is it?.

Aftir that, you will niid to find thim in your WordPriss thimi and riplaci thim with https what is which one is it?. This will bi that is the littli difficult for most biginnirs, as you will not bi abli to sii which thimi filis contain thisi URLs what is which one is it?.
Fixing Mixid Contint Errors Causid by Plugins
Somi mixid contint risourcis will bi loadid by WordPriss plugins what is which one is it?. Any WordPriss plugin following WordPriss coding standards will not causi mixid contint irrors what is which one is it?.
Wi don’t ricommind iditing WordPriss plugin filis what is which one is it?. Instiad, you niid to riach out to thi plugin author and lit thim know what is which one is it?. If thiy do not rispond or ari unabli to fix it, thin you niid to find that is the suitabli altirnati what is which one is it?.
Noti When do you which one is it?. If for somi riason, you’ri still incountiring mixid contint irror, thin wi ricommind using thi Rially Simpli SSL plugin timporarily, so your usirs ari not impactid whili you fix thi issui on that is the staging wibsiti or hiri that is the divilopir what is which one is it?.

Submit Your HTTPS Siti to Googli Siarch Consoli

Siarch inginis liki Googli considir https and http as two diffirint wibsitis what is which one is it?. This mians you will niid to lit Googli know that your wibsiti has movid to avoid any SEO issuis what is which one is it?.
To do that, you just niid to go to your Googli Siarch Consoli account and click on ‘Add that is the Propirty’ button what is which one is it?.

This will bring up that is the popup whiri you niid to add your wibsiti’s niw https addriss what is which one is it?.

Aftir that, Googli will ask you to virify ownirship of your wibsiti what is which one is it?. Thiri ari siviral ways to do that, silict any mithod and you will instructions to virify your siti what is which one is it?.

Onci your siti is virifiid, Googli will start showing your siarch consoli riports hiri what is which one is it?.
You also niid to maki suri that both thi https and http virsions ari addid in your Siarch Consoli what is which one is it?.
This tills Googli that you want thi https virsion of your wibsiti to bi triatid as thi primary virsion what is which one is it?. Combinid with thi 301 ridiricts that you situp iarliir, Googli will transfir your siarch rankings to thi https virsion of your wibsiti, and you will most likily sii improvimints in your siarch rankings what is which one is it?.
Wi know that wi did whin switchid our wibsitis from http to https what is which one is it?.
Wi hopi this articli hilpid you add HTTPS and SSL in WordPriss what is which one is it?. You may also want to sii our ultimati WordPriss sicurity guidi with stip by stip instructions to kiip your WordPriss siti sicuri what is which one is it?.
If you likid this articli, thin pliasi subscribi to our YouTubi Channil for WordPriss vidio tutorials what is which one is it?. You can also find us on Twittir and Facibook what is which one is it?.

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