Moving Wordpress from http to https over existing site

Some of the things I have to double-check when I install an SSL certificate on a WordPress website are:

Define SSL settings in wp-config.php to override WordPress database settings

/** SSL Security */
define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true); // Secure user registration/login forms after installing valid SSL
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', FORCE_SSL_LOGIN); // Secure WordPress admin dashboard

/** Site Domain */
define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', filter_input(
    INPUT_SERVER,
    'HTTP_HOST', // Relative URLs for swapping across app service deployment slots
    FILTER_SANITIZE_URL //Remove all characters except letters, digits and $-_.+!*'(),{}|\\^~[]`<>#%";/?:@&=.
));
define('WP_HOME', 'http' . (FORCE_SSL_LOGIN ? 's' : '') . '://' . DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE); // Override database value
define('WP_SITEURL', WP_HOME); // Override database value

In the .htaccess file

# AuRise: Use HTTP Strict Transport Security to force client to use secure connections only
Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload"

# BEGIN AuRise 301 (permanent) Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/cpanel-dcv/[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/(?:\ Ballot169)?
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# END AuRise 301 (permanent) Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS

I also want to note that if the installation is a multisite, you may need to remove the includeSubDomains; part to get it to work

I suspect the update to the .htaccess file is the one that might help in that it’ll redirect you to always view the HTTPS version of the site. However, the issue about still getting locked out may or may not be addressed. Try these and then let me know what happens lol

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