Title: [Plugin: Better WP Security] Enforcing SSL option
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Better WP Security] Enforcing SSL option

 *  [hashashji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hashashji/)
 * (@hashashji)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-enforcing-ssl-option/)
 * Hello,
 * I installed the plugin and everything was great! Then I made the mistake of checking
   the “enforce ssl” box and clicked “save” despite the NOTE in red.
 * Now I cannot access my admin section due to 404 error regarding the certificate
   of the site! I deleted the plugin folder but I still can’t access.
 * What files I need to restore in order to override this SSL enforcement problem?
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  [MTPrower](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtprower/)
 * (@mtprower)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-enforcing-ssl-option/#post-2088672)
 * I broke my site twice doing this. Can someone PLEASE respond?
 *  [Will](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wlanni/)
 * (@wlanni)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-enforcing-ssl-option/#post-2088680)
 * I’m not sure exactly what the answer is as far as the SSL option–I haven’t checked
   that, but I read the note–so here’s what I did to restore some stuff in a previous
   version of the plugin when I had an issue:
 * I opened the database using phpMyAdmin and removed the BWPS tables. Then I opened
   my site using my ftp client, and manually deleted the plugin. Finally, I opened
   my .htaccess and removed the Better WP Security entries.
 * Then I cleared my cache, etc. I was then able to get back into my back end.
 *  [wpsecuritylock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsecuritylock/)
 * (@wpsecuritylock)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-enforcing-ssl-option/#post-2088712)
 * The answer is in the plugin readme.txt:
 * = I’ve enabled the Enforce SSL option and it broke my site. How do I get back
   in?
    * Open your wp-config.php file in a text editor and remove the following
   2 lines: * define(‘FORCE_SSL_LOGIN’, true);; * define(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, true);;

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 * Last reply from: [wpsecuritylock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsecuritylock/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-better-wp-security-enforcing-ssl-option/#post-2088712)
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