Title: Switching from HTTP to HTTPS / Post Switch Concerns
Last modified: December 7, 2019

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# Switching from HTTP to HTTPS / Post Switch Concerns

 *  [wyclef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wyclef/)
 * (@wyclef)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-from-http-to-https-post-switch-concerns/)
 * Hey, about to move to HTTP and basically get the gist of the whole switcharoo.
   My concern is what happens when you have a bunch of editors that just post content
   with frequency and probably won’t pay attention, care, or listen to not posting
   non HTTPS links? Does WP automatically process these as HTTPS? Or does it not
   matter?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not a Developing with WordPress
      topic

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 *  [JNashHawkins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jnashhawkins/)
 * (@jnashhawkins)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-from-http-to-https-post-switch-concerns/#post-12215213)
 * Normally, your website is already on HTTP and you would switch to HTTPS to satisfy
   the quasi officialdom who insists you need to be running an SSL certificate and
   to appease the web browsers (and their users) who think your site is less than
   official or even real if you don’t abide by their expectations.
 * It’s also much more productive to do so as visitors won’t need to deal with browser
   warnings and search engines will pay better attention to your site but you might
   be a cantankerous old goat like me who thumbs his nose at web societal’s approved
   manners and code of conduct. You do have a choice!
 * I do believe HTTPS is what you really wish to do. The above is to provide some
   explanation to those who might be confused when they read this question.
 * Anyway, what I’ve done is place my WordPress powered sites on Cloudflare and 
   make use of their plugin to take my HTTP based site to HTTPS using their free
   SSL certificates.
 * The above will bring your site into compliance, hide your origin server from 
   the world, and provide one of the best DNS services a website can have. That 
   should really provide you with all you need for your site.
 * Should you need SSL for your server itself for some form of compliance such as
   HIPPA or for a StoreFront then the Cloudflare documentation will help you establish
   end to end HTTPS service also.
 * That’s a win-win in my book and should cover your concerns.
 *  Thread Starter [wyclef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wyclef/)
 * (@wyclef)
 * [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-from-http-to-https-post-switch-concerns/#post-12229545)
 * Thanks. I’ll check this out. Already have a couple of sites running with Cloudflare.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switching-from-http-to-https-post-switch-concerns/#post-12229545)
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