Product Thumbnails Are Served Via HTTP Even When FORCE_SSL_ADMIN Is Set To True

  • I’ve noticed that since about WP 4.4.1 the product thumbnails on the admin side are no longer appearing. It turns out that it’s only on sites where I’m running a dedicated SSL certificate and have FORCE_SSL_ADMIN set in wp-config.php. I’m also getting the dreaded “Connection is not secure” warning on the pages.

    When I took a look at the source code, it turns out the product thumbnails’ src attributes are all set to http rather than https, so the browser is helpfully blocking the images.

    The other insecure item on the pages is the site icon, which is also set to http. I found a post regarding the site icon issue here. It may be related to this Woocommerce issue, but I’m not sure.

    Is this a bug in Woocommerce or WordPress itself? Is there a workaround or a fix on the way?

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  • Plugin Contributor Mike Jolley

    (@mikejolley)

    WordPress behaviour, and the best way to resolve is to run the entire site over https by setting home and site urls to HTTPS in Settings > General, if your server is configured for this.

    Thread Starter linux4me2

    (@linux4me2)

    Hi Mike,

    Thanks for the impressively fast reply.

    Yes, my server will allow serving everything over SSL, but it is slower than HTTP, and I can’t afford to have my sites run any slower than they do now.

    If it’s WordPress doing this, hopefully they will fix it with the next update. It seems like a regression, because this is a new problem.

    Plugin Contributor Mike Jolley

    (@mikejolley)

    Have you compared? Google prefers HTTPS, and its safer for customers so maybe consider it anyway.

    Thread Starter linux4me2

    (@linux4me2)

    I haven’t, but I’ve googled to see what the current speed comparisons are, and I may have old information. I’ll give it a try. Thanks for the input.

    Thread Starter linux4me2

    (@linux4me2)

    I tested the site’s loading speed using GTmetrix, and it loads in 1.6 seconds via HTTP, and 1.9 seconds via HTTPS, so it is loading a little bit slower via HTTPS, according to GTmetrix. I’m not sure if this is worth getting rid of the content warnings and missing thumbnails in the admin or not…

    I hope the folks at WP fix this.

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