Search and replace http:// links to https:// to get the green padlock

I’ve experienced this problem in the past. In my opinion, the easiest way is by making use of the plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-and-replace/ Always perform a backup of your database before performing a search and replace. Make sure you do a “Dry Run” first. If you do not already have good backup procedures in place, check out … Read more

XML asset fails to load using https

In case this helps anyone in the future: The problem was not a WordPress issue, it was a server configuration issue. Useful explanation on checking which stream wrappers are enabled on your server (used this to make sure https was enabled on my server) Enable Stream Wrappers Someone with the same issue found that their … Read more

Cloudflare and SSL breaks wordpress – Mixed Content & Unable to use Admin

You need to install these two plugins. CloudFlare Flexible SSL – https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare-flexible-ssl/ Really Simple SSL- https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/ After both the plugins are installed and activated, you will get a message at the top of your dashboard to activate SSL. Click on activate and you are done. You will be logged out. Because your domain has changed … Read more

Divert http to https with WordPress on IIS

You’ll need to update all of the URLs in your database to the HTTPS protocol: Go and download Interconnect IT’s Database Search & Replace Script here Unzip the file and drop the folder where your WordPress is installed (the root) and rename the folder to replace (screenshot) Navigate to the new folder you created in … Read more

Occasional HTTPS Mixed Content Warning

I just saw this problem myself on my site. The issue for me was that the site was available as both https://example.com/ and http://example.com. If the first request to a page was for the http version, the links to assets would be to http: http://example.com/wp-content/themes/customizr/assets/front/img/thumb-standard-empty.png http://example.com/wp-content/uploads/… etc. These http asset links would get put into … Read more

SSL Certificate and WordPress

There is no need to hardcode anything and/or alter database entries. I’d highly recommend you’d check out the following plugin: WordPress HTTPS – it’s quite versatile and will handle everything for you.