Title: removing http:
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# removing http:

 *  [Chrislancs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrislancs/)
 * (@chrislancs)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-http/)
 * Hi.
 * I am a complete novice with WordPress having inherited responsibility for the
   site. I need to migrate the site from the server it is currently on to a dedicated
   server. However, the IT guys are insisting I change all references/links from
   [http://blah.blah.ac.uk](http://blah.blah.ac.uk) to //blah.blah.ac.uk before 
   this can be done, for security reasons. We can keep the https: protocol though.
 * Any help on how this can be done as simply as possible would be very gratefully
   received.

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 *  [jacobcolton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jacobcolton/)
 * (@jacobcolton)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-http/#post-7026406)
 * What are you are saying is not possible. It will have to have http:// or https://
   at the beginning…so you may want to speak to them again as it looks like you 
   may have misunderstood.
 *  Thread Starter [Chrislancs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrislancs/)
 * (@chrislancs)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-http/#post-7026417)
 * There do seem to be plugins that do something similar (that I am not sure I can
   trust). [https://mattgadient.com/remove-protocol/](https://mattgadient.com/remove-protocol/)
 * I know I didn’t misunderstand as I watched him remove one manually on my screen
   using ‘debugger’ I think.
 *  [Jan Reilink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janr/)
 * (@janr)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-http/#post-7026431)
 * Hi Chrislancs,
    What the remove-protocol plugin does, is removing the http: and
   https: in internal links such as style sheets and javascript:
 *     ```
       <link rel='stylesheet' id='avia-grid-css'  href='//www.example.org/wp-content/themes/enfold/css/grid.css' type='text/css' media='all' />
       <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.example.org/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js'></script>
       ```
   
 * This way, it doesn’t matter if your website is requested using HTTP:// or [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-http/?output_format=md),
   it’s protocol independent. See [https://css-tricks.com/moving-to-https-on-wordpress/](https://css-tricks.com/moving-to-https-on-wordpress/)
   for more information.
 *  [Ethan O’Sullivan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethanosullivan/)
 * (@ethanosullivan)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-http/#post-8168965)
 * Here’s an automated solution: [Remove HTTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-http/).
   This plugin scans your website and automatically remove both `http:` and `https:`
   protocols from your URL links. This will also resolve mixed content warnings.

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