Title: Changed URL to HTTPS and now its broken Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Changed URL to HTTPS and now its broken * Resolved [zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * (@zyklon) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/) * I wanted to change the website to HTTPS from HTTP. I followed this [link ](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/web-publishing/https-for-wordpress/) on how to change it, which got me to add it in the settings => general. But now I cant access the website it redirects to a bluehost (webhost for the site) admin page briefly. This means I cannot access /wp-admin to change it back. * I have tried adding code to the functions.php, .htaccess and wp-config.php as suggested in [this](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL). * But nothing is working. Any ideas Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 29 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Denzel Chia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denzel_chia/) * (@denzel_chia) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580129) * Hi, * First of all, you need to set SSL as per your web hosting company’s documentation. The following may help. [https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/473](https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/473) * Regarding getting your web site back online, you need to access your web hosting panel, and use the phpMyAdmin application to access your database and make changes to siteurl and home option value in your options table. Ask your web hosting company for help if you do not have phpMyAdmin or do not know how to make the edit. * Thank you * Thread Starter [zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * (@zyklon) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580140) * Anyway to revert it back if I dont have the SSL and the company doesnt want to buy it? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580144) * Yes, as mentioned above, you’ll need to edit the `siteurl` and `home` values in your database back to the URL with HTTP, not HTTPS. * Follow this guide: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database) * You should find phpMyAdmin in your hosting account’s control panel. * [Denzel Chia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denzel_chia/) * (@denzel_chia) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580145) * Hi, * I already make a reply on how to “revert it back”. This part of my reply has nothing to do with SSL. * > Regarding getting your web site back online, you need to access your web hosting > panel, and use the phpMyAdmin application to access your database and make > changes to siteurl and home option value in your options table. > Ask your web > hosting company for help if you do not have phpMyAdmin or do not know how to > make the edit. * Thank you. * Thread Starter [zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * (@zyklon) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580146) * Sorry Denzel, I should have said, I had already been in to the PHPMYadmin before I posted the original, but the values had never changed to the https. both Home and site url still had and still have http * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580153) * Then WordPress shouldn’t be forcing you to HTTPS, unless you set it elsewhere, like a .htaccess file or via your hosting account’s control panel. * [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/) * (@lukecavanagh) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580227) * [@zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * Clear your browser cache and then check your site url and wordpress url in the options db table using phpMyAdmin. * [javawpscript](https://wordpress.org/support/users/javawpscript/) * (@javawpscript) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580230) * Try clearing your cache Try contacting your host If you want to change it back to HTTP you can do so in PHPmyAdmin, just go to CPanel then find it under Databases. Then find your WordPress prefix followed by options. There should be site_url and site_admin or something related to that. Just change those back to the HTTP version of your site and you should be back using HTTP again. * Thread Starter [zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * (@zyklon) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580251) * If I go into PHPMyAdmin and look at the WP_Options ==> siteURL and Home. They both are HTTP, they never changed to be HTTPS * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580252) * I’d have to then repeat my last reply. 😉 * “Then WordPress shouldn’t be forcing you to HTTPS, unless you set it elsewhere, like a .htaccess file or via your hosting account’s control panel.” * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580253) * On second thought, that might not come off as clear as I thought. * I’m not accusing you of lying, just saying that you might have set something elsewhere, outside of WordPress, to force HTTPS. * Thread Starter [zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * (@zyklon) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580254) * I have checked .htaccess, functions.php (under theme) and wp-config.php and nothing in there I can see about https. My .htaccess file is: * # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /csaapacwp/ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{ REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /csaapacwp/index.php [L] * * # END WordPress * [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/) * (@lukecavanagh) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580255) * [@zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * Is there any plugin active on the site that might be forcing the site to be HTTPS? * Thread Starter [zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * (@zyklon) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580256) * Not that I can think of, but I didnt create the initial site. * Thread Starter [zyklon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zyklon/) * (@zyklon) * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/#post-7580257) * I can now access parts of the site but they are not shown properly but /wp-admin times out from redirecting too many times Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 29 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Changed URL to HTTPS and now its broken’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [change URL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/change-url/) * [HTTP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/http/) * [HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/https/) * [url](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/url/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 29 replies * 7 participants * Last reply from: [Cyberwarzone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cyberwarzone/) * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changed-url-to-https-and-now-its-broken/page/2/#post-9106375) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics