Hi @1vanillagorilla,
If you deactivated using the WordPress plugin deactivation, all changes will have reverted. Only if you had .htaccess redirection enabled, and after that set the .htaccess file to not writable it might be possible these lines were not removed. In that case you can simple follow the steps in the manual deactivation procedure, step 2.
https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/when-the-built-in-deactivation-does-not-work-manual-uninstalling/
Just to make sure, you can also check the other steps, although these are not about redirection.
Thanks, I’ve deactivated it all and waiting for analytics. The only reason I’ve deactivated it at all is, I’ve seen my google impression drop from around 500 to less than 50. I tracked it back to the day I installed the SSL cert and this plugin. Have you heard of this before?
Often it helps to enable the .htaccess redirect, to make sure the 301 redirect is working properly. The .htaccess redirect is more reliable and faster.
Additionally you need to adjust your Google Analytics settings:
https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/how-to-setup-google-analytics-and-google-search-consolewebmaster-tools/
In my experience a site will experience a drop in visits for about 3-5 days, then bounces back up.
My impression drop have been ongoing for 3 months (sharp decline maintained after SSL install) however, I think my issue is with Yoast and needing to deactivate it once (per your instructions) and reactivate it. Just did this, waiting on analytics and I’ll give a full write up for future use if that fixed the issue.
