Title: converting multisite from http to https Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # converting multisite from http to https * [andrew55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew55/) * (@andrew55) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/) * I purchased/installed an SSL certificate and I’m in the process of changing whole site into secure site. * I installed the “WordPress HTTPS (SSL)” plugin and configured it. * When navigating the multisite in https, everything seems to be fine. * My question – is there anything else I need to do for this conversion? Unlike I keep seeing in the forums for a standard WP installation, there is no place in my Settings/General area of multisite to enter the new secure url. * My wp-config file also just has… * `define('DOMAIN_CURRENT_SITE', 'www.example.com');` * …for the site setting. * Is there somewhere I’m missing that I need to enter the new secured URL? * Also, do I need to make any changes in the database using something like the script “Search and Replace for WordPress Databases Script?” * Thank you for any suggestions. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/#post-5526281) * You may want this in your wp-config: * ``` define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true); define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true); ``` * > Also, do I need to make any changes in the database using something like the > script “Search and Replace for WordPress Databases Script?” * Yes. Do a search for ‘[http://domain.com’](http://domain.com’); and replace with https 🙂 * Thread Starter [andrew55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew55/) * (@andrew55) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/#post-5526290) * Ipstenu – thank you very much. * I took the steps and everything seems to be working fine. * Also, in .htaccess under “RewriteEngine On”… * I included this code, which seems to do a great job at redirecting all incoming traffic to https: * ``` RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] ``` * I was initially terrified at the thought of having to create individual redirects for each page in our site. * Thanks again! * Thread Starter [andrew55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew55/) * (@andrew55) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/#post-5526294) * The only thing I think I’m missing is scanning whole website for insecure links. Site has thousands of pages, and doing this manually won’t work. * Any suggestions for a good script/site that will scan whole site and identify insecure links? * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/#post-5526338) * [https://github.com/interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB](https://github.com/interconnectit/Search-Replace-DB) * Thread Starter [andrew55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew55/) * (@andrew55) * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/#post-5526339) * Thank you for the link. * Apologies – I should have been more clear. * I’ve discovered just because there are no “not secure” links in the database, it doesn’t mean that they don’t still exist in the site. * For example, I’ve had to remove the following plugins: * Really Simple Share Feedburner plugin (for showing list of most recent posts) * Both of these plugins appear to use CDNs that use servers that are not secure. It took forever for me to figure out why, but pages/posts with these plugins trigger “page not secure” warnings in the users browser. * What I was looking for was a script that could scan a site and find pages that will trigger “page not secure” warnings for the user. I found one site that does this, but it only scans 200 pages, and it shows a lot of false positives (from outgoing links, which don’t seem to trigger warnings). A script that could scan a site for warnings, and maybe even monitor it, would be great. * I still have other kinks to work out, such as issues with the WP Flowplayer Plugin– on our secure site, it works on a desktop, but not on a mobile (it did before). * Even though Google is pushing for all sites to become secure, it seems as if the tech isn’t quite yet there, or at least easy to put into place. * Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * (@ipstenu) * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/#post-5526340) * Ah! * I used [https://www.whynopadlock.com/](https://www.whynopadlock.com/) and studied the page. But … If you have “WordPress HTTPS” installed and active, the only thing that I’ve had issues with are: * 1) Plugins that hardcode in http (boo) 2) Images in backstretch I’d set up before I switched over: [http://halfelf.org/2014/ssl-for-one-domain-on-multisite/](http://halfelf.org/2014/ssl-for-one-domain-on-multisite/) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘converting multisite from http to https’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/https/) * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/) * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/) * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/converting-multisite-from-http-to-https/#post-5526340) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics