Title: Force WordPress to "HTTPS://WWW." (SSL)
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Force WordPress to "HTTPS://WWW." (SSL)

 *  [Chad Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chadsmithdev/)
 * (@chadsmithdev)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-wordpress-to-httpswww-ssl/)
 * I’m a control freak. 🙂
 * I’ve looked everywhere and I find it truly astonishing that this seems to be 
   this difficult a thing to do. I’ve seen about 3-4 version of this question on
   these boards that have gone unanswered – What The Deal Is!?!? 🙂
 * How does someone, via their .htaccess file, force WordPress to the “[https://www.&#8221](https://www.&#8221);
   version of their website?
 * I’m not talking about the Settings>General area – that does not FORCE a transfer.
   I know there is a plugin – the question is how to do it with .htaccess.
 * Thanks!
    -Chad
 * If you don’t know: “You betta ax somebody!” – and I don’t know….So I’m axin. 
   🙂

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 *  Thread Starter [Chad Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chadsmithdev/)
 * (@chadsmithdev)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-wordpress-to-httpswww-ssl/#post-6571352)
 * BUMP!!!! I’m gonna keep bumping this until it is finally answered.
 * Sorry for the persistence – but there is a lot of people looking for this answer
   and what better place to have the answer than the archives at WP.org?
 * Thanks everyone!
    -Chad
 *  Thread Starter [Chad Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chadsmithdev/)
 * (@chadsmithdev)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-wordpress-to-httpswww-ssl/#post-6571355)
 * I asked this question elsewhere and got this response:
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
 * RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
    RewriteRule ^ [https://%](https://%){HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}[
   L,R=301]
 * RewriteBase /blog/
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L] </IfModule
   >
 * Have a good day,
    -Chad

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-wordpress-to-httpswww-ssl/#post-6571355)
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