Problems loading https version of site

Resolved anomitra
(@anomitra)

9 years, 1 month ago

I had installed wordpress on the http version of my blog site (http://www.cashingtowealth.com)
Later, I got a SSL certificate use Let’s Encrypt, and both the http & https version were working well (for the site as well as the wordpress dashboard).
Yesterday I got Cloudfare for my site and all of a sudden my https version started having problems. I could not access the WP dashboard and the site was not loading properly. Today I changed the Let’s Encrypt settings to force https, and the https version started working gain.
Now my question is, 1. what could be the issue when I was not able the https version and
2. Do I need to re install wordpress for the https version of my site? If yes, will my data (posts, installed plugins, customizations etc) still be there or will I have to redo them?

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Radu
(@broseph)

9 years, 1 month ago

Hello!

I can’t really help you with proper info regarding question nr. 1, especially because I never used Cloudfare. I’ll let someone else handle that, if they know.

As for nr 2. No, you don’t need to reinstall WordPress for the HTTPS version. You just need to set HTTPS in your Settings and then perform a redirect from HTTP to HTTPS, so you won’t basically have 2 websites, a duplicate.

1. Backup your site;

2. Do this – https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/web-publishing/https-for-wordpress/#implementing-https-for-wordpress. Ignore the advanced parts.

3. Access your .htaccess file through your File Manager from your hosting control panel (usually cPanel), or by using a 3rd party software, like FileZilla – https://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla. The file should be in your root folder, public_html.

4. I’ve noticed you’re on Siteground, so you’ll have to add this code in .htaccess, before #BEGIN WordPress – https://www.siteground.com/kb/how-to-force-ssl-with-htaccess/

Add www to your domain when you replace https://yourdomain.com in the code.

5. Use this to fix the insecure / mixed content warnings in browsers – https://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/

I don’t recommend using HTTPS redirection plugins. They mess things up a lot of times.

Thread Starter anomitra
(@anomitra)

9 years, 1 month ago

thanks for the detailed reply!! I’ve made the changes and it looks good now 🙂
wp_kc
(@wp_kc)

9 years, 1 month ago
To use SSL with Cloudflare, install these two helper plugins…

https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare-flexible-ssl/

The Cloudflare Flexible SSL plugin will fix redirect problems when using CloudFlare with WordPress.

Also, in your CloudFlare account turn on the Automatic HTTPS Rewrites feature.

And in today’s world, you may as well force everyone to go to the https version of your web site. So in the Settings > General menu of your WordPress site, set the WordPress and SIte addresses to the https URL of your web site. Then in CloudFlare add a new page rule at the top of your page rule list to do an https redirect.
- This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by wp_kc.
Thread Starter anomitra
(@anomitra)

9 years, 1 month ago

Thanks for response. I wont be needing the flexible SSL plugin since I am using Full SSL. However, I have added the page rule to do https redirect.

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