Not Redirecting

Hi, have you set up an SSL certificate correctly in your site? The following is mentioned in the description of this plugin.

Only use this plugin if you have installed SSL certificate on your site and HTTPS is working correctly

Kind regards

I believe it is correctly set up. The host is 1&1 and they say it is set up. As I mentioned earlier if I prefix the address with https://, then it shows as secure but otherwise the address shows as unsecure.

Hi, what URL address have you entered in the following fields located in Settings -> General?

WordPress Address (URL)
Site Address (URL)

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by mbrsolution.

Both fields have:

https://elitebeautysawston.com

Both are greyed out but I presume that is normal.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by briannie.

Is your .htaccess file also modified when you enable this plugin? For example do you see the following entries?

# BEGIN HTTPS Redirection Plugin
# END HTTPS Redirection Plugin

You are now getting into an area where I am very uncomfortable. I suppose the answer is I don’t even know how to find this file let alone amend it.

OK I found it and have downloaded it to a txt file but can’t see how to attach it in order to send it to you (which I would like to do just to be sure it’s the right file) but as far as I can see those lines to not appear in the file.

Hi, what you can do is simply copy and paste here what is in between the following two lines.

# BEGIN HTTPS Redirection Plugin
# END HTTPS Redirection Plugin

Can you also share what settings you have enabled in the plugin.

Thank you

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by mbrsolution.

Herewith the settings:
Enable automatic redirection to the “HTTPS” Ticked

Apply HTTPS redirection on: The whole domain selected

Force resources to use HTTPS URL Ticked

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This is the .htaccess file content:

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/cache-manifest
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/vcard
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/vnd.rim.location.xloc
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/vtt
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/x-component
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/x-cross-domain-policy
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/ld+json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/manifest+json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rdf+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/schema+json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.geo+json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-web-app-manifest+json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/eot
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/bmp
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/vnd.microsoft.icon
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType text/css A2419200
ExpiresByType text/x-component A2419200
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2419200
ExpiresByType application/javascript A2419200
ExpiresByType text/javascript A2419200
ExpiresByType text/x-js A2419200
ExpiresByType text/html A3600
ExpiresByType text/richtext A3600
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A3600
ExpiresByType text/plain A3600
ExpiresByType text/xsd A3600
ExpiresByType text/xsl A3600
ExpiresByType text/xml A3600
ExpiresByType video/asf A2419200
ExpiresByType video/avi A2419200
ExpiresByType image/bmp A2419200
ExpiresByType application/java A2419200
ExpiresByType video/divx A2419200
ExpiresByType application/msword A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A2419200
ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A2419200
ExpiresByType image/gif A2419200
ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A2419200
ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2419200
ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2419200
ExpiresByType application/json A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A2419200
ExpiresByType audio/midi A2419200
ExpiresByType video/quicktime A2419200
ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A2419200
ExpiresByType video/mp4 A2419200
ExpiresByType video/mpeg A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A2419200
ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A2419200
ExpiresByType audio/ogg A2419200
ExpiresByType application/pdf A2419200
ExpiresByType image/png A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A2419200
ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A2419200
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A2419200
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A2419200
ExpiresByType application/x-tar A2419200
ExpiresByType image/tiff A2419200
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A2419200
ExpiresByType audio/wav A2419200
ExpiresByType audio/wma A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A2419200
ExpiresByType application/font-woff A2419200
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A2419200
ExpiresByType application/zip A2419200
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

AddHandler x-mapp-php5.5 .php

Hi, I don’t see the following two entries.

# BEGIN HTTPS Redirection Plugin
# END HTTPS Redirection Plugin

When I enable this plugin in my test site I see the following code.

# BEGIN HTTPS Redirection Plugin
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
</IfModule>
# END HTTPS Redirection Plugin

What PHP version is your server running?

I think the plugin is not writing to your .htaccess file. Try the following, deactivate and delete the plugin. Install a fresh copy and enable the same settings. Then check the .htaccess file and make sure you see something similar to what I mentioned above.

Thank you

The PHP version is 7.2

I have deactivated and deleted the plugin and then installed a fresh copy. I have ticked the two check boxes and enabled the radio button for the whole site.

I rechecked the .htaccess file and there is no change. The desired code is still not showing in the file and the site address only shows as secure if I type in https:// otherwise it shows as insecure on FF, Chrome & Edge.

Thank you for your support but is it time to admit defeat?

Hi, from what you describe above is letting me know that the plugin is not writing to your .htaccess file. That is why it is not working. I suspect that your .htaccess file might be corrupted or there might be something else not allowing the plugin to write to the .htaccess file.

There is a few things you could try out. You could re save the permalink settings in WordPress, to see if that recreates your .htaccess file. Or make a copy of the .htaccess file or rename the file. Delete the current one, then save the permalink settings in WordPress, that will create a new .htaccess file. If that works, then try again to enable this plugin and save the settings. Once that is done, check again to make sure that this plugin has written to the .htaccess file similar lines like the ones I mentioned above.

If it does not create a new .htaccess file, then you need to create one yourself and copy back the entries you copied above or if you renamed the file, then rename it back to .htaccess.

If none of the above works, then please speak to your host and find out why this plugin is not writing to the .htaccess file.

Let me know how you go.

Kind regards

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by mbrsolution.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by mbrsolution.

@mbrsolution very many thanks for working with me on this but the above is really all very complex. I’ve solved the problem now by deleting your plugin and activating “JSM Force HTTP to HTTPS” which has worked perfectly.

I have used it before and it is excellent but your plugin was recommended by the registrar host 1&1.

I guess it just didn’t work out this time but thanks again for your assistance which I’m fully aware is you giving your time for free.