{"id":1482,"date":"2015-02-07T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T14:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T10:35:35","slug":"how-to-enable-https-ssl-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-enable-https-ssl-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable https (SSL) for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will explain you how to enable https in WordPress, so you can connect to your website securely over SSL.<\/p>\n<p>Login to your WordPress dashboard.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the navigation menu roll your mouse over Settings, then click General.<\/p>\n<p>In the WordPress Address (URL) field, enter your https address.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1483 pleslwp\" src=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL.jpg\" alt=\"Wordpress SSL\" width=\"618\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL.jpg 618w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL-300x36.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL-320x38.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL-239x29.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enter your https address in the Site Address (URL) field.WordPress advises &#8220;Enter the address here if you want your site homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1484 pleslwp\" src=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1.jpg\" alt=\"Wordpress SSL\" width=\"980\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1-300x28.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1-768x71.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1-968x90.jpg 968w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1-636x59.jpg 636w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1-320x30.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wordpress-SSL1-239x22.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nClick the <strong>Save Changes<\/strong> button on the bottom.<br \/>\nYou are finished,You will now be able to connect to your <strong>WordPress<\/strong> site over an SSL connection.Now you also need to force all links automatically redirect to https:\/\/.<br \/>\nYou can do this simply installing one of HTTPS plugins designed for this purpose.<br \/>\nYou can install them using <b>Plugins<\/b> &gt; <b>Add New<\/b> menu,We will use <b>WordPress HTTPS (SSL)<\/b> in order to force all pages over https:\/\/ connection.<br \/>\nOnce it is downloaded and activated go into plugin <b>Settings<\/b> and:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Specify the secure link to your website in SSL Host field.<\/li>\n<li>Input single \u201c\/\u201d to URL filters menu so that all pages are redirected to https:\/\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please\u00a0<b>NOTE:<\/b> this plugin may be incompatible with other scripts, so in case of any redirect loops or other issues try deactivating other plugins first or changing theme to a different one.<br \/>\n[wpfmb type=&#8217;info&#8217; theme=2]<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you want to disable SSL you can check our article on<\/span> <a title=\"How to disable SSL for WordPress admin panel\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/how-to-disable-ssl-for-wordpress-admin-panel\/\">How to disable SSL for WordPress<\/a>[\/wpfmb]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will explain you how to enable https in WordPress, so you can connect to your website securely over SSL. 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