redirect from http to https

  • Resolved Copiaurbietorbi

    (@copiaurbietorbi)


    4 years, 10 months ago

    Good day folks,

    We are please to mention that we are using your plugin and it seems that it is working properly based on the configuration we found on the web. Nevertheless, when we ran some tests in gtmetrix we found some room for improvement in the section related to avoiding URL redirects:

    It says that there is 1 redirect

    “https://www.xyz.com/ redirects to https://www.xyz.com/”

    Is there anything that we could do to improve the score but also the fully loaded time by modifying a setting in the plugin or add code in the .htaccess?

    In advance, thank you for your help and interest.

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  • Plugin Contributor Rogier Lankhorst

    (@rogierlankhorst)

    Hi @copiaurbietorbi,

    This is actually the best practice redirect, as each domain variation should pass through https to ensure the HSTS header can be set. This prevents man in the middle attacks.

    For more information, see this article:
    https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/avoid-landing-page-redirects/

    It also explains how you can change this, if you would still want to do so.

    Thread Starter Copiaurbietorbi

    (@copiaurbietorbi)

    Hello Rogier,

    Thank you for getting back to us.

    Before testing the code suggested on the link provided and based on your experience,

    do users get a significant improvement on the fully loaded time if they change these settings?

    Thank you for your help.

    Plugin Contributor Rogier Lankhorst

    (@rogierlankhorst)

    Hi @copiaurbietorbi,

    As explained in the article, most users won’t experience any redirect at all, because Google will only show the primary URL with https.

    Especially if you enabled HSTS (http strict transport security) the browser will load the https page even if a user types in http.

    gtmetrix doesn’t take into account what is necessary for security. You can safely ignore it.

    So I’d say you won’t get much improvement, if any.

    Thread Starter Copiaurbietorbi

    (@copiaurbietorbi)

    Hello Rogier,

    Thank you for your feedback and prompt response. We’ll leave it as it is now then.

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