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1. kihbord
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am trying to setup SSL for wordpress 2.6 on my computer. I have installed wordpress, created a self-signed SSL cert, assigned a dedicated IP for the host (a non-routable IP address has been assigned) and modified the wp-config.php file to include the FORCE_SSL_ADMIN constant.

   I tried to access the /wp-admin from a non-secure URL (http://www.example.com/wp-admin) but it's not redirecting to the secure url (https://www.example.com/wp-admin).

   How do I force it to redirect? From what I understand on Ryan's post it's suppose to force SSL admin usage.

   Tried google search and this forum but i wasn't able to find a solution.

   Hope someone could tell me how to do it or point me in the right docs.

2. jdembowski
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Kihbord, the search, it is your friend.

   Copied from an earlier answer:
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   Make a backup copy of your wp-config.php (backups are your friend). Now go to http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ and insert that output in your wp-config.php above the line that says "stop editing".

   Right below that, add

   define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
   define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);

   And give it a shot. If all goes well, you'll login via SSL and the admin pages will be mostly SSL based.

   If not, put back that copy of wp-config.php and you should be fine.
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   Also on your browser, clear your cache and cookies.

3. kihbord
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've found the problem. When I inserted the define statements in my config file, I sort of copied and paste the thing from Ryan's blog and instead of having ' quote in the define statements. The pasted code used a ` quote which caused it not to function properly. (hahahaha!)

   It's now working flawlessly redirecting to https when i try to access the admin via http.

   Thanks.

4. BobMane
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So whats the difference? If I have a dedicated SSL cert and and the code`define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
   define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);` then http.myblog will be https.myblog and....what? now my entire blog including admin and the public site are secure?

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