SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and its successor, TLS (Transport Layer Security), are protocols for establishing authenticated and encrypted links between networked computers. Although the SSL protocol was deprecated with the release of TLS 1.0 in 1999, it is still common to refer to these related technologies as “SSL” or “SSL/TLS.” The most current version is TLS 1.3, defined in RFC 8446 (August 2018).
Now a days every one know about the importance of SSL, without SSL it is impossible to rank you website on Famous search engine like google or bing.
Now the question arises how to install SSL in our website? So, Don’t panic just just with us we explain each and every steps regarding SSL instalation below :-
1). Install SSL Certificate from your cpanel. Its named as SSL Certificate or Let’s Encrypt. Its depends on hosting provider to hosting provider.
2). Change whole wordpress website url from “Admin Panel” or from Database “Option Table”
for admin panel you have to select –
Setting => General => Than Change url : http://example.come To https://example.com
For Database option you have to go –
cpanel => database section choose myPhpAdmin => Select your database => select “Option” table => Than change you website url : http://example.come To https://example.com
In both field for “siteurl” and “home”
3). If still not working than you have fix it manually.
There are two ways to fix SSL / HTTPS mixed content errors in WordPress. We will show you both of them and then you can pick one that works best for you.
1. Fixed mixed content errors in WordPress using a Plugin
This method is easier and is recommended for beginners.
Simply install and activate the Really Simple SSL plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » SSL page to review plugin settings. Really Simple SSL works out of the box and will automatically take care of SSL / HTTPS settings and fix mixed content errors.
Note: The plugin attempts to fix mixed content errors by using output buffering technique. This can have a negative performance impact on your site. However, if you are using a caching plugin, then it will only impact the first page load.
2. Manually Fixed Mixed Content Errors in WordPress
This method requires manual troubleshooting, but it is more effective and better for performance.
First, you need to make sure that you are using HTTPS in WordPress settings. Go to Settings » General page and make sure that WordPress Address and Site Address options have HTTPS URLs.
If you see URLs starting with HTTP, then you need to go ahead and change them to HTTPS. Don’t forget to click on the save changes button to store your settings.
Next, you need to find old HTTP URLs in your WordPress database and replace them with the new HTTPS URLs.
You can easily do that by installing and activating the Better Search Replace plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to visit Tools » Better Search Replace page. In the ‘Search’ field, you need to add your website URL with HTTP. After that, add your website URL with https in the ‘Replace’ field.
The plugin will now update URLs in your WordPress database.
If you are still seeing mixed content errors, then the next step is to troubleshoot URLs in your WordPress theme and plugins.
Using your browser’s Inspect tool, you will need to locate the resources causing the errors and where they are loading from.
For theme resources, you will need to find them in your WordPress theme and replace HTTP with HTTPS.
This part can be a bit difficult for beginners as they will have to look for the URLs in all theme files.
If you are unable to find them yourself, then you can also reach out to theme developer and request them to update their theme. They will need to use WordPress best practices to load files, which will fix the HTTP/HTTPS issue.
Same goes for the mixed content loaded by a WordPress plugin. We don’t recommend editing plugin files yourself to change the URLs. You should notify the plugin developer and request them for an update. Meanwhile, you can disable the plugin on your site or find an alternative plugin.
3. Fix Too Many Redirects Errors After Moving to SSL / HTTPS
WordPress allows you to enforce SSL / HTTPS for the admin area by entering the following line into your wp-config.php file.
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However, in some scenarios this setting alone would cause ‘Too many redirects‘ error. To fix this, you will need to add the following code to your wp-config.php file just before the line that says ‘That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging.’.
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4. Fix WordPress HTTP to HTTPS Redirect
WordPress will not automatically redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS unless you tell it to do so. If you are using a plugin like Really Simple SSL, then it would take care of redirects. Otherwise, you will have to manually set up redirects.
To set up HTTP to HTTPS redirect, you need to add the following code to your .htaccess file.
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We hope this article helped you fix some common issues with SSL / HTTPS in WordPress. If you run into an issue that’s not covered in this article, then please leave a comment to let us know. We will update the article with the solution. You may also want to see our ultimate WordPress security guide with step by step instructions for beginners to secure their WordPress websites.
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