Title: bug? canonical http instead of https
Last modified: November 19, 2020

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# bug? canonical http instead of https

 *  [bloup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloup/)
 * (@bloup)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-canonical-http-instead-of-https/)
 * Steps to reproduce the problem:
 * Create a wordpress installation accessible from HTTP and HTTPS (no 301 redirect)
   but mention that the URL of the website is [https://yourdomain.com](https://yourdomain.com)
   
   Then, install all in one from instance or yoast. If you visit the homepage via
   [http://yourdomain.com](http://yourdomain.com) you can see in the code: link 
   rel=”[https://yourdomain.com”&gt](https://yourdomain.com”&gt); it is normal because
   your siteurl/home is [https://yourdomain.com](https://yourdomain.com).
 * Now, install polylang.
    visit [http://yourdomain.com](http://yourdomain.com) 
   once again, the canonical switched to [http://yourdomain.com](http://yourdomain.com)
   rather than [https://yourdomain.com](https://yourdomain.com)
 * It creates a major issue for googlebot. because when there is no 301 redirect
   in place it does know if the correct canonical for a webpage is [http://yourdomain.com](http://yourdomain.com)
   or [https://yourdomain.com](https://yourdomain.com).

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-canonical-http-instead-of-https/)
 * Status: not resolved