{"id":257,"date":"2018-03-08T07:45:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T07:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.eu\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2019-06-21T07:52:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T07:52:02","slug":"turning-on-the-ssl-certificate-in-wordpress-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smarthost.au\/blog\/turning-on-the-ssl-certificate-in-wordpress-guide","title":{"rendered":"Turning on the SSL certificate in WordPress – guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Turning on the SSL certificate in WordPress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If You want your site working on secure connection, or the method you use does not work fully, I encourage you to read this guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A secure, encrypted connection using the SSL certificate and the https protocol is a desirable feature of the site, which is increasingly attracted by website users, but also browsers and search engines.

So it is worth devoting a moment to adjusting your website to current trends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article we will show You step by step what to do to use installed on serwer SSL certificate on your WordPress site.

If you want a green padlock to appear in the browser, you need: an SSL certificate installed on the server (eg free Let’s Encrypt or Comodo \/ cPanel) and a setting for WordPress to display pages using the https protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manual correction (the only correct version of SSL inclusion in WordPress): <\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The best way to switch to a secure SSL connection is to update all entries in the database from http to https .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we use this method the improvement on https will be permanent, so you only need to make the change once and enjoy a secure connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another advantage of using this method is changing the creation of new entries in the future – each new entry will be created with the correct link in the database. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. So lets start and in first step we need to go to backend of WordPress and then go to settings -> general and change adresses from<\/strong> http to https <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Now we need to click save changes at the end of the site and then go to setting -> permalinks and here also click save changes this will rebuild all links in database to safe links with https.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Go to cPanel -> File Manager, go to the main directory of our site and click Settings, select tick Show hidden files (dotfiles)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Now find .htaccess file in your domain folder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Open the .htaccess file by right-clicking on it and selecting Edit. We add the following lines at the beginning of the file. We leave the rest of the file content below the entries we added:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Without the prefix www:\u00a0<\/strong>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


With the www prefix:<\/strong>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule .* https:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* https:\/\/www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]\u00a0

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The above entries will redirect visitors to a secure connection if they enter via the http link instead of https.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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