Title: Redirect Issues after SSL install
Last modified: November 30, 2018

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# Redirect Issues after SSL install

 *  [phillipg2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillipg2/)
 * (@phillipg2)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-issues-after-ssl-install/)
 * Hello wordpress heroes!
 * I would love some help with a redirect issue I am currently facing – or potentially
   a point at which to start
 * Background
    I very recently got my SSL certificate for my site – awesome. However,
   previously posted social media links still directed to the http:// version. I
   used a plugin called ‘Really simple SSL’, that should redirect all incoming requests
   to the https:// versions. It does that indeed and the page itself works. The 
   problem is, that links to my site that I posted on social media before the SSL
   cert are directing to a https:// link that now has ‘.html’ at the end of the 
   link. Of course, this results in the page not being found. Removing the .html
   from the link leads to the correct page.
 * Do you guys know what I could do to fix this redirect issue, so that no .html
   is being added at the end of these older links?
 * Thank you for any insight you can provide here!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fredirect-issues-after-ssl-install%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [shinerweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinerweb/)
 * (@shinerweb)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-issues-after-ssl-install/#post-10932436)
 * Rather than use a plugin, if you have access to .htaccess, this is a much faster
   method of redirecting.
 * On my phone ATM, but if you Google “htaccess redirect non SSL request” will show
   you a number of solutions that will work.
 * That’s my preferred option rather than using a plugin.
 * It’s also worth performing a check of your database for any non HTTPS looks to
   avoid any mixed content errors. For this, look for a global search and replace
   plugin. Most will let you do a dry run before making any changes permanently.
   Of course, make sure you take a backup of everything before you do anything!!
   Then take another backup just to be sure. Remove any global search and replace
   plugin after you’ve finished with it.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-issues-after-ssl-install/#post-10933588)
 * Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic.
 *  Thread Starter [phillipg2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillipg2/)
 * (@phillipg2)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-issues-after-ssl-install/#post-10934026)
 * Hello!
    Thank you for your super fast response!
 * I am not very well versed in these areas – but you mean that even though I alerady
   used the plugin, methods shown under a “htaccess redirect non SSL request” search
   might solve the issue? For instance – [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38740240/htaccess-redirect-all-request-both-ssl-and-non-ssl-to-https-domain-com](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38740240/htaccess-redirect-all-request-both-ssl-and-non-ssl-to-https-domain-com)
   is one of the first results. Now, as I have no idea what I would be doing, is
   there a specific part in the process that would fix the HTML redirect part only?
   If I understand correctly, the processes outlined under the search show what 
   to do in general to get the SSL set up. Again though, I have no idea about this
   stuff really.
 * I understand that using plugins is not ideal and causes issues, but as I lack
   the programming knowledge, this is as much as I can try haha. Thank you so much
   for the help, I really appreciate it! Sorry for my anti-knowledge and probably
   simple follow ups.

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 * [redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/redirect/)
 * [SSL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl/)

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 * Last reply from: [phillipg2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillipg2/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-issues-after-ssl-install/#post-10934026)
 * Status: not resolved

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