Title: Http links when running a https site Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Http links when running a https site * Resolved [psirek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psirek/) * (@psirek) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/) * Hi Paul * I run a wordpress blog using https. When i use your plugin to generate a clickable“ add to cart” button i get a security warning that i am leaving a secure site. * `[amazon template=add to cart&asin[us]=B00LTAUTHE&asin[de]=B00NQ23TCU]` * When i inspect the link i get * [http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LTAUTHE?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&tag=oddoneout-21&creativeASIN=B00LTAUTHE](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LTAUTHE?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&tag=oddoneout-21&creativeASIN=B00LTAUTHE) * Which i can manually change to https and it works without any errors * [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LTAUTHE?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&tag=oddoneout-21&creativeASIN=B00LTAUTHE](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LTAUTHE?ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&tag=oddoneout-21&creativeASIN=B00LTAUTHE) * Am i missing some setting for switching to https links or is this a limitation in the plugin or Amazon? * /Poul * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [paulstuttard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulstuttard/) * (@paulstuttard) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104670) * It’s a bit of both, there have been a couple of threads on this problem. I can provide a couple of enhancements to change the image links and the product links. * I don’t think you can get rid of all the http:// urls though, so you will always have some errors. * Let me know if you want me to develop the enhancements, * Paul * Thread Starter [psirek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psirek/) * (@psirek) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104687) * I think you are right, some links can be changed to https, but not all. For example * [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LXbuuMjwL.jpg](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LXbuuMjwL.jpg) * Prompts the user because the hostname on the certificate does not match the url. But some links works fine. * It would be great to have some way to force a specific link to switch blindly to https, something like * [amazon asin=12345678 forceHttps=true] * Then every existing link is untouched and it is the link creators responsibility to check if the link works. Having a global property is too risky in my opinion. But if you know of certain link types that always works with https then it would be great to have a global property for just those types, e.g. “Force https for add to cart links”. * Maybe it should not be forceHttps at all but “Match URL property” setting, so if one has a site with mixed http / https content the links would match * What are you thoughts on the above? * /Poul * Thread Starter [psirek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psirek/) * (@psirek) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104846) * I bypassed the problem by editing the templates and forcing https on my troublesome links * [stefaanvandamme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefaanvandamme/) * (@stefaanvandamme) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104862) * how did you solve it ? i have the same issue (even after changing template link into https) * Thread Starter [psirek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psirek/) * (@psirek) * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104863) * I only had the problems with my “Add to cart” links, so I just changed the “Add to cart” template, the http:// to https:// and that just worked fine for me. It was a while ago, so now I use this template where I point to locally downloaded images of the buy buttons: *
* Notice the last src=”// line which used https if the rest of the site runs https. Not sure what the standard template does here * [Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexander_fuchs/) * (@alexander_fuchs) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104865) * Hi, I am trying to run on https, too. Have you implemented the mentioned change? * [stefaanvandamme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefaanvandamme/) * (@stefaanvandamme) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104866) * i couldn’t get it to work. but it was only for one item, so i copied the image locally and linked to amazon myself * [Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexander_fuchs/) * (@alexander_fuchs) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104867) * I got it to work by making a own plugin fork, I replaced the image URL [http://ecx.images-amazon.com/](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/) * with * [https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/) * In every AWS query. Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Http links when running a https site’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/amazon-link_070606.svg) * [Amazon Link](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amazon-link/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amazon-link/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amazon-link/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/amazon-link/reviews/) * 8 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexander_fuchs/) * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-links-when-running-a-https-site/#post-6104867) * Status: resolved