Title: Can't find insecure URL which is preventing HTTPS padlock Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Can't find insecure URL which is preventing HTTPS padlock * Resolved [mlsgbcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlsgbcom/) * (@mlsgbcom) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cant-find-insecure-url-which-is-preventing-https-padlock/) * Hi all, * I’m trying to ensure I have the padlock with my SSL certificate in the HTTPS part of my blog: [mlsgb.com](https://mlsgb.com). * However, after running a check on whynopadlock.com, I can see there is one insecure URL that is preventing this from running as it should. * The details are: * Insecure URL: [http://mlsgbdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/newsnow-logo.gif](http://mlsgbdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/newsnow-logo.gif) Found in: [https://mlsgb.com/](https://mlsgb.com/) * To me, that appears as though the insecure URL comes from the old WordPress.com files. Do you know how I can remove this URL from the FTP of my self-hosted blog to get the HTTPS up and running correctly? * Any help would be really useful as I have no idea where to look for this! * Thanks! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cant-find-insecure-url-which-is-preventing-https-padlock/#post-7624179) * You are correct. It seems to be the sidebar widget “News Now”. Try either removing and re-setting it, or see if it has a setting to reset the image. * Thread Starter [mlsgbcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlsgbcom/) * (@mlsgbcom) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cant-find-insecure-url-which-is-preventing-https-padlock/#post-7624193) * Thanks for helping out with that. * It might sound silly, but how exactly do I remove that piece of code: * ”As * Do I need to do that through the FTP? If so, where will I find that? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cant-find-insecure-url-which-is-preventing-https-padlock/#post-7624196) * It’s a sidebar widget, so go to Appearance -> Widgets in your site’s Dashboard and make the change there. * Thread Starter [mlsgbcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mlsgbcom/) * (@mlsgbcom) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cant-find-insecure-url-which-is-preventing-https-padlock/#post-7624210) * Resolved! Thank you so much for helping with that, has been bugging me for so long! * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cant-find-insecure-url-which-is-preventing-https-padlock/#post-7624212) * You’re welcome! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Can't find insecure URL which is preventing HTTPS padlock’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/https/) * [SSL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-cant-find-insecure-url-which-is-preventing-https-padlock/#post-7624212) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics