Title: Considering SSL when coding
Last modified: September 20, 2017

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# Considering SSL when coding

 *  [Aldoseri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aldoseri/)
 * (@aldoseri)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/considering-ssl-when-coding/)
 * This is a note to themes and plugins developers. It’s obvious that the web is
   going https, especially that Letsencrypt is providing a free way to all websites
   to make the move.
 * The problem now is not adopting the standard on our websites but the fact that
   many javascripts and css files on both themes and plugins are still http only.
   This causes a lot of troubles with mixed content which is not accepted by SSL
   certificates.
 * My suggestion is either offer a version of the theme or plugin that honor the
   SSL protocol or provide a way to choose between http and https. Digging through
   the files is time consuming and forcing ssl does not always work when urls are
   hard coded in those files.
 * I just hope that developers consider this when developing their code.
 * Thanks

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/considering-ssl-when-coding/#post-9512804)
 * > I just hope that developers consider this when developing their code.
 * I’d hope so too but those theme and plugin developers won’t see your request 
   here. This sub-forum is for core WordPress feedback.
 * If you do encounter a protocol problem with a theme or plugin then contacting
   them directly is still the best way to address that.

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

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 * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/considering-ssl-when-coding/#post-9512804)
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