htaccess Creating Mixed Content Errors / Missing Padlock

  • MisterPotatoHead

    (@misterpotatohead)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    My website had some messed up formatting problems that were due to mixed content errors and multiple pages on my site were missing the https padlock icon. I cleaned up my non-https links and all pages looked good using whynopadlock.com.

    A few days later, I saw the same wacked formatting and mixed content errors using whynopadlock. I contacted my hosting company who said everything looked fine so the problem seemed to be coming and going. This was repeated a couple of times until they discovered that W3TC edited the .htaccess which was creating problems. They kindly changed the .htaccess to the basic WP settings and everything cleared up immediately.

    I’m not a power user and don’t pretend to understand all of this but my host company encouraged me to share this with W3TC in case it’s something that needs to be addressed. This problem is killing my website (assuming they are correct) so I hope there’s a more permanent solution since I assume the basic htaccess file will be overwritten with an update. (?)

    The following is what my .htaccess file was:

    # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
    <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/bmp application/java application/msword application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-msdownload image/x-icon image/webp application/json application/vnd.ms-access application/vnd.ms-project application/x-font-otf application/vnd.ms-opentype application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text audio/ogg application/pdf application/vnd.ms-powerpoint image/svg+xml application/x-shockwave-flash image/tiff application/x-font-ttf application/vnd.ms-opentype audio/wav application/vnd.ms-write application/font-woff application/font-woff2 application/vnd.ms-excel
    <IfModule mod_mime.c>
    # DEFLATE by extension
    AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
    </IfModule>
    </IfModule>
    <FilesMatch “\.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|svg|txt|xsd|xsl|xml|HTML|HTM|RTF|RTX|SVG|TXT|XSD|XSL|XML)$”>
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
    </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch “\.(bmp|class|doc|docx|eot|exe|ico|webp|json|mdb|mpp|otf|_otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|svg|svgz|swf|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|_ttf|wav|wri|woff|woff2|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|BMP|CLASS|DOC|DOCX|EOT|EXE|ICO|WEBP|JSON|MDB|MPP|OTF|_OTF|ODB|ODC|ODF|ODG|ODP|ODS|ODT|OGG|PDF|POT|PPS|PPT|PPTX|SVG|SVGZ|SWF|TIF|TIFF|TTF|TTC|_TTF|WAV|WRI|WOFF|WOFF2|XLA|XLS|XLSX|XLT|XLW)$”>
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header unset Last-Modified
    </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header set Referrer-Policy “”
    </IfModule>
    # END W3TC Browser Cache

    # BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip
    RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_ENC:_gzip]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} w3tc_preview [NC]
    RewriteRule .* – [E=W3TC_PREVIEW:_preview]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} =””
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/$
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp\-postpass|w3tc_logged_out|wordpress_logged_in|wptouch_switch_toggle) [NC]
    RewriteCond “%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_PREVIEW}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}” -f
    RewriteRule .* “/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_PREVIEW}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}” [L]
    </IfModule>
    # END W3TC Page Cache core

    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>

    # END WordPress

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  • Fist Full of Crisco

    (@fistfullofcrisco)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Because u are using Disk: Enhanced mode it needs to modify the htaccess file so it can retrieve the cached pages quickly. So when u log back into wp’s admin your htaccess will be changed again — you can turn this off in w3tc under a setting under General Settings (so it doesnt keep modifying your htaccess).

    You didn’t say if the problem was the result of the page being cached before you fixed your padlock problem, and as a result you would simply need to clear all cache and recache again.

    Nonetheless, the solution is likely simple. w3tc is likely caching a page that includes a hardcoded http:// in it. In other words, its not w3tc’s fault but some part of theme or another plugin that is not coded correctly. Hard to say without more info.

    Anyway, your problem doesn’t sound very difficult. Most people here don’t have this problem.

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