Title: HTTP not working (only HTTPS) Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # HTTP not working (only HTTPS) * [bilica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bilica/) * (@bilica) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/) * Hi, * After installation, website returns “Internal Server Error” for all pages on the website. * However, pages are accessible using HTTPS. * Is this the expected behaviour ? * How do I create a rule to redirect HTTP pages to HTTPS using iThemes Security? * Thanks! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859177) * If your goal is to use https primarily, you can update your WP site URLs in Settings to include https. * Depending on your hosting, you might need a redirect rule for http to https to ensure http redirects. If it’s shared hosting, most likely that will be htaccess rewrite. * Note, make sure you actually do have SSL certificate installed on your hosting/ server. * I would also highly recommend to use [WordPress HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-https/) plugin instead to get better set of tools to manage https on your WP. * [pratik9722](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pratik9722/) * (@pratik9722) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859215) * I have WordPress site that has SSL(not all page but only some pages are https because I don’t want to add https on all pages to avoid load on server and those https page are done by iThemes Security plugin) and now I want to redirect non- www. to www. site to avoid duplicate content issue(I hear that now Google don’t create any issue related to this but I also want to submit my site to other search engines) & I will going to past below code on 1st line of .htacces file to make redirect now-www to www site but I’m not sure that my code is right! or is it affect on other https pages?(in SSL page;all page are successfully redirecting to www [https://www.mywebsite.com](https://www.mywebsite.com)) * I like to also mansion wordpress general setting WordPress Address (URL):[https://www.mywebsite.com](https://www.mywebsite.com) Site Address (URL):[https://www.mywebsite.com](https://www.mywebsite.com) * RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([a-z.]+)?mywebsite\.com$ [NC] RewriteCond%{ HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC] RewriteRule .? [http://www.%1mywebsite.com%](http://www.%1mywebsite.com%){ REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859227) * If I understood correctly, you don’t want https on all pages. In this case, you probably should change WP address and Site address URLs to http:// version, and keep using page/post specific https feature that comes with ithemes security plugin. * For non-www to www redirect, you need to edit default WP redirect code. Here’s what it should look like: * ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * **Note:** There is no need to add your domain here, it automatically detects and redirects non-www to www domain. * [pratik9722](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pratik9722/) * (@pratik9722) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859230) * wow man..your support is so fast like a pro & it’s work well,no error nothing. thanks. * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859240) * Glad I could help 🙂 We provide WP support to dozens of websites, so many issues I’ve seen over and over again. I actually had this issue saved in our database for quick reference. * Thread Starter [bilica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bilica/) * (@bilica) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859243) * Hi, * Thanks Viktor, but the original thread issue (my original post) has not been addressed yet. * I have SSL certificate installed and working correctly for some pages (login and admin dashboard). Other pages are non-SSL. * The problem is that, after the installation of the iThemes Security Plugin, all pages that are non-SSL (HTTP only) do not work unless I manually access them by changing the address in the home bar of my browser to include HTTPS. * Thanks again, * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859262) * bilica, whats this set to? [http://i.imgur.com/h6GPbth.png](http://i.imgur.com/h6GPbth.png) * Thread Starter [bilica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bilica/) * (@bilica) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859265) * I tried all 3 options and the result is the same. * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859266) * When you turn SSL options off completely, does HTTP work then? * Thread Starter [bilica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bilica/) * (@bilica) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859267) * No, it does not… it only works when I access pages using HTTPS. * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859277) * Ok, what’s your WP and Site URLs are set to under Settings > General? – http or https? * Few things to try: * 1. Disable SSL options for this plugin. 2. Reset your htaccess to default WP htaccess rewrites. (check, does it work?) 3. If not, check wp-config for 2 SSL lines that plugin adds. Remove them. Then check again. Does it work? * If it still does not work. Follow these instructions to completely remove plugin, so we can see if its really causing the issue: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-reset-ithemes-security-plugin-to-fix-issues?replies=92](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-reset-ithemes-security-plugin-to-fix-issues?replies=92) * I’m assuming WP was working fine with https before you installed the plugin. Just to confirm. * Thread Starter [bilica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bilica/) * (@bilica) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859278) * I am sorry but I should have mentioned before that I am using a multisite installation– hence I cannot find the Settings – General you just mentioned. * Thanks again for the help, * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859294) * That’s totally different beast, don’t have a lot of experience with Multisite. * As Codex says about site and WP urls: `These directions are for single installs of WordPress only. If you are using WordPress MultiSite, you will need to manually edit your database.` * It should be easy. You can check under wp_options table and look for site url and home url options to update them if necessary, or at least see what they are. * Others are having https issue too, so possible its plugin issue. * Thread Starter [bilica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bilica/) * (@bilica) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859297) * Thanks but I thought iThemes Security supported Multi-site installations. * So it is not supported ? * [Viktor Nagornyy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viktorix/) * (@viktorix) * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-not-working-only-https/#post-4859302) * The plugin does support MS version, but either your MS has something thats conflicting with the plugin or its a bug in the plugin. * There are a lot of additional variables that can cause issues with MS. 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