Transfering wordpres to SSL

1. Moved to “fixing wordpress”. This is not a “developing” topic.

2. Have you host install an SSL certificate. Once that’s done,

3. Disable all caching and optimization plugins, then

4. Install the plugin “Better Search Replace”. Use that to search all tables for https://example.com and replace with https://example.com. Afterwards, you’ll probably need to login again. Then

5. Re-enable your caching and optimiztion plugins and clear the cache.

6. Disable/delete “Better Search Replace”. You’re done.

How do I change the wordpress url via FTP without logging into wordpress once I messed up?

If I install that plugin, is that mean I dont have to edit the wordpress url inside the wp-admin page?

Setting>general

• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by James Huff.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by davikk.

It is possible to set the site URL manually in the wp-config.php file.

Add these two lines to your wp-config.php, where “example.com” is the correct location of your site.

define( ‘WP_HOME’, ‘https://example.com’ );
define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘https://example.com’ );