SSL Breaks frontend

  • First, I am a complete newbie to WP. I do, however, have 13 years experience with Joomla.

    Anyway, when I try to implement my free SSL cert offered by inMotion Hosting it breaks the frontend of the site and slows the backend to a crawl.

    I have searched and read, tried several plugins, searched and replaced https:// with https:// in my DB. I’ve spent half a day trying to solve this issue.

    Thing is with Joomla it was a couple of mouse clicks and it was done.

    What am I missing and why is this so hard to do?

    Thanks in advance for any help.

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  • lisa

    (@contentiskey)

    I suggest contacting inmotion hosting to be sure SSL is set up properly.

    General process after SSL is set up properly and available in webhosting….
    1-Change URL in database options table
    2-Update URLs to https that did not automatically change. A search and replace plugin is normally a good idea.
    Sometimes URLs might be hiding in theme files and functions file.
    Sometimes URLs might be hiding in CSS file.
    I use https://www.whynopadlock.com/ too to check the site.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by lisa.
    Thread Starter jbarkacs

    (@jbarkacs)

    Thanks. I’ll give that a try. However, as I’ve used those SSL certs on 40 Joomla sites, I’m sure InMotion’s end is OK.

    It sure seems like one has to go through a ton of work just to do this compared to the other platform. I want to learn and use WP. It offers things that Joomla does not, but this SSL deal is ridiculous.

    Thanks again. I’ll try that link you suggested.

    Thread Starter jbarkacs

    (@jbarkacs)

    My test results are all positive. Green checkmarks down the line.

    I’m at a loss here.

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