How do I change my protocol from HTTP to HTTPS on WordPress?

  • arashabtahi

    (@arashabtahi)


    10 months ago

    Last time I tried to change it my entire website broke and had to restore backup.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Last time I tried to change it my entire website broke and had to restore backup.

    That would happen when you change your WordPress address to use HTTPS… when you’ve not properly set up your site to use HTTPS on the hosting side (ie install and configure SSL certificate).

    This time though, HTTPS already works for your site.

    In fact, the address you gave seems to be using HTTPS already. If your WordPress dashboard is still showing http (perhaps the HTTPS is being enforced from Cloudflare or your hosting server), you should be able to safely change both WordPress address fields to https.

    Thread Starter arashabtahi

    (@arashabtahi)

    That would happen when you change your WordPress address to use HTTPS… when you’ve not properly set up your site to use HTTPS on the hosting side (ie install and configure SSL certificate).

    This time though, HTTPS already works for your site.

    In fact, the address you gave seems to be using HTTPS already. If your WordPress dashboard is still showing http (perhaps the HTTPS is being enforced from Cloudflare or your hosting server), you should be able to safely change both WordPress address fields to https.

    changing it to https will break the entire website.

    changing it to https will break the entire website.

    If you know this for sure, why did you ask then? What did you come here for?

    And what exactly do you mean by the entire site “breaking”? What specific error message?

    Thread Starter arashabtahi

    (@arashabtahi)

    If you?know?this for sure, why did you ask then? What did you come here for?

    because I want see if there is a way I can change it without breaking the site.

    And what exactly do you mean by the entire site “breaking”? What specific error message?

    Did you NOT see this? Why did you choose to ignore it?

    Once HTTPS is ALREADY working on your site, changing the WordPress addresses should not cause your site to “break” — unless the “break” is coming from something else unrelated to WordPress.

    For example, if “breaking” means a redirect loop, this would likely be coming from an incorrect setting in your Cloudflare account. But this “breaking” could mean a million other things!

    That’s why I’m asking to understand what exactly you mean by the site “breaking” so I can assist you.

    Standing by.

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