The reason why my website was still redirecting to HTTPS was because of a plugin. The plugin was disabled, by emptying the database cell which contains the “active plugins”, but still it was overruling every WordPress setting so it seemed. Every setting in wp-config.php which should overrule database settings or disabling/removing cache, didn’t worked out. … Read more
I like a simple, all-purpose htaccess to enable https on all site requests: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] In addition, go into Network Admin, Sites, then Edit each site, then the Settings tab for each site. Change all occurences of http to https for your site. (Some plugins may have the … Read more
What if you try to install the new WP without SSL first and see if it works? You can activate SSL later, as you did with your “main” website.
Update not working after installing up SSL
First off, just because the url in site settings is http does not mean that’s the site url that’s being used. You can set the url in wp-config.php via WP_SITEURL and WP_HOME. You may have known this already, but I wanted to point it out first. The constants in wp-config.php can also be set up … Read more
This indicates that the SSL certificate was not installed correctly, or that the server is not configured to accept SSL connections. It is not an error with the certificate per se, but rather with the server setup / installation of that certificate. The web browser is failing to even connect to the server over HTTPS, … Read more
Can’t login to wordpress, got ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE after a few minutes
Have you tried flushing permalinks? Sometimes not everything changes right away. Step 1: In the main menu find “Settings > Permalinks”. Step 2: Scroll down if needed and click “Save Changes”. Step 3: Rewrite rules and permalinks are flushed.
Several possibilities: Clear local and remote (cloud) cache. Try with a ‘private’ browser. Make sure that your wp-options table has the https: in both URL entries. Check your htaccess file for proper redirect. Look at the error logs. Provide more info (edit your question) to help get answers.
When migrating a site to Https, I do the following: Change the WordPress URL and Site Address to https Use Better Search and Replace plugin to scan the whole site and update http://example.com to https://example.com I then test various page to see if the theme stores the link in a way that required manual update. … Read more