Title: Force ssl/https for entire website
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Force ssl/https for entire website

 *  [fishthefly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fishthefly/)
 * (@fishthefly)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/)
 * Hello,
 * I have recently secured SSL certificates for my website and I would like to force
   HTTPS for all visitors. I have read that this can be accomplished via .htaccess,
   however, when I place the .htaccess file in the root directory of my site, something
   malfunctions and breaks a lot of my existing code.
 * This is what I am placing in the .htaccess file:
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mysite.com/$1 [R,L]
       ```
   
 * What have I done wrong and how can I begin fixing this issue? Thank you for your
   time and help.

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 *  [Jonas Grumby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ss_minnow/)
 * (@ss_minnow)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/#post-1452599)
 * Are you using a custom Permalink structure? Did you remove the WordPress rewrite
   rules from .htaccess? Try setting Permalinks to default and then back to whatever
   you had so that WordPress will put those lines back into the .htaccess file.
 *  Thread Starter [fishthefly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fishthefly/)
 * (@fishthefly)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/#post-1452614)
 * Thank you for your quick response. No, I have not removed anything from the default.
   htaccess file. This is a complete copy of the code:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN WordPress
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mysite.com/$1 [R,L]
       </IfModule>
       # END WordPress
       ```
   
 * Thanks again.
 *  Thread Starter [fishthefly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fishthefly/)
 * (@fishthefly)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/#post-1452987)
 * I am still struggling with this issue and am curious to see if there are any 
   additional suggestions out there. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
   Thank you!
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/#post-1453008)
 * Old thread, but here’s an answer for forum searchers: [Using WordPress with SSL](http://noctis.de/archives/11-Using-WordPress-with-SSL.html)
 *  [mvied](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvied/)
 * (@mvied)
 * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/#post-1453011)
 * To run the entire site in SSL, simply change your WordPress Address and Site 
   Address in the General Settings of your blog to https rather than http. That’s
   all you have to do.
 *  [davidealex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidealex/)
 * (@davidealex)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/#post-1453028)
 * Mike, I don’t see this option under WordPress 3.0 Network (MU). Is it a different
   setting for MU?

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [davidealex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidealex/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/force-sslhttps-for-entire-website/#post-1453028)
 * Status: not resolved

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