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I just switched an old site to refresh up my memory for the exact steps:
Actual Instructions
- Take a backup of files and database in case you need to revert for whatever reasons.
- Get your webhost to install a TLS (also referred to as SSL) certificate for your website
- Once installed ensure that your website is accessible on
https
URL, by simply replacinghttp
withhttps
i.e. adding as
to it. Eg: If your website washttp://www.domain.com
, new URL would behttps://www.domain.com
- See if you have any errors in your browser console complaining about mixed content, as you browse different pages on your website. Usually when using good quality plugin and theme, there won't be an issue. But if you do, you will need to resolve these issues.
- Once you are satisfied with the results and are ready to flip the switch, go ahead and update the website URL in WordPress admin:
Settings
>General
. - Now if you try to access http version of your website you will be redirected to https version. Best to try in an incognito/private window in your browser to test this.
Potential issues:
http
tohttps
redirect isn't working
I am not sure if changing the URL in WordPress causes it to issue redirects, though I believe it does. I never use it, as I always handle redirects on a server level.
Mixed-content warnings
Depending on what resources are causing these errors, it can either be your theme, any plugin you use or actual content you load in post/page and requires a different approach for each one of them.
Post/page content requires you to replace string, can be done via this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/
Theme/plugins would require using the right functions to generate URLs or simply update the hardcoded urls to be https.
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