Title: force HTTP
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# force HTTP

 *  [Tornike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belimbor/)
 * (@belimbor)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-http/)
 * I recently changed hosting and it has not SSL support, so I have to force my 
   site use http for all links. Unfortunately, I was using bit.ly url shortener,
   so all links there are using https protokol, now when I click fb posts, there
   is error. Please, help me to fix this problem 🙁

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-http/#post-5989417)
 * You’ll need to search and replace those in your post content, try this plugin:
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/)
 * You’ll be replacing all instances of `https://bit.ly` with `http://bit.ly`
 *  Thread Starter [Tornike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/belimbor/)
 * (@belimbor)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-http/#post-5989468)
 * thanks, I updated links and there is no more problem with https images, but bitly
   problem still exist, I can not force https links go to http
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-http/#post-5989469)
 * Oh, you mean the links were compressed as HTTPS?
 * There’s absolutely no way to change that, unless Bitly has some sort of setting
   or tool on their end for that.
 * You can probably force HTTP for all links through your hosting provider’s control
   panel, but that will hurt your Google rank quite a bit.
 * Instead, I recommend getting that SSL certificate up ASAP.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-http/#post-5989469)
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