Title: external links also gets https what is not correct
Last modified: September 7, 2017

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# external links also gets https what is not correct

 *  Resolved [RonaldS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/norus/)
 * (@norus)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-links-also-gets-https-what-is-not-correct/)
 * We have a game site with a bunch of banners on several pages. The banners links
   for instance to: [](http://www.designmeubelen.nl/tradetracker/tdesign/?tt=18243_785208_250041_&r=)
 * Now I get empty banner images when activating your plugin.
 * How can I solve this?
 * Regards,
    Ronald

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 *  Plugin Author [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwolters/)
 * (@markwolters)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-links-also-gets-https-what-is-not-correct/#post-9474955)
 * Hi Ronald,
 * the problem is these ad images are not available over [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-links-also-gets-https-what-is-not-correct/?output_format=md).
   http:// content on a https:// site is either blocked or results in mixed content
   warnings. If the banner images are empty they are being blocked. The example 
   image you gave is not available over https and is therefore not shown on a https://
   website. The solution would be to ask the developer of the ad to make the images
   available over [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-links-also-gets-https-what-is-not-correct/?output_format=md).
 * Mark
 *  Plugin Contributor [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * (@rogierlankhorst)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-links-also-gets-https-what-is-not-correct/#post-9477015)
 * I’d like to add here that this is correct behaviour: these images are resources
   which will cause mixed content warnings if they are not loaded over https.
 * So while it would be possible to exclude these ads from the mixed content fixer,
   this would cause your site to lose the green lock.
 * For more info on excluding urls from the mixed content fixer, check this article:
   
   [https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/exclude-url-mixed-content-fixer/](https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/exclude-url-mixed-content-fixer/)
 * ps: notice that this wordpress support page has lost the green lock because of
   this banner in your post.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/).

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 * Last reply from: [Rogier Lankhorst](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rogierlankhorst/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-links-also-gets-https-what-is-not-correct/#post-9477015)
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