Redirecting specific sites to HTTP in WordPress Multisite

Turns out what I tried before actually worked but my browser forced the site to https from old habits (cache). If anyone else is having problems with this, here is what I did:

  • Make sure the URL does not have s in it in your Sites page in Multisite Dashboard
  • Make sure you don’t have a plugin installed forcing HTTPS on (I had iThemes Security so I had to disable the SSL option from there)
  • Make sure you change all the URLs in the database from https to http for the specific site (use a plugin like Better Search Replace that has support for changing serialized data and take backup of your database before doing it!)
  • If you’re still getting redirected to https, make sure you don’t have antivirus program installed that checks SSL certificates (I had Bitdefender’s option on to check for SSL certificates)
  • After doing all of the above, try with different browsers and/or devices and everything should work now

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