Title: How to -STOP- WP from using HTTPS Last modified: September 4, 2019 --- # How to -STOP- WP from using HTTPS * [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/) * (@rylan76) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-wp-from-using-https/) * Hi all * How do I definitively and totally stop WordPress from rewriting all URLs from HTTP to HTTPS? * I have got a copy of the site on a different server but I simply cannot get it to STOP using HTTPS on every single link – it currently fails to load as it keeps requesting HTTPS but there is no certificate or set up loaded on the testing server to use HTTPS. * Already changed the WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL in wp-config.php to refer to HTTP, and used the test server’s IP instead of the site domain name. Also put in * define(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, false); define(‘FORCE_SSL’,false); * Dumped the DB to disc, truncated the live tables, then text-replaced all [https://domainname.com](https://domainname.com) occurrences with [http://192.168.0.1](http://192.168.0.1) (for example) in the dumpfile, and reloaded every table’s data back into it to get rid of ALL references to “https” in any URLs in the DB. * Put this in my .htaccess (which DOES get parsed, as I can crash the testing server’s httpd by putting crud into it): * . . RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [http://%](http://%){ HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L] * RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on RewriteRule (.*) [http://%](http://%){HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}[ R=301,L] . . * So: * The .htaccess deliberately rewrites any requests to port 443 or HTTPS to HTTP. * There is an index.htm and index.html that specify 192.168.0.1/index.php in the/ var/www/html folder via meta refresh tags. * The wp-config specifies for WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL “[http://192.168.0.1”](http://192.168.0.1”); and FORCE_SSL_* are set to “false”. * But still, referencing in a browser * [http://192.168.0.1](http://192.168.0.1) or [http://192.168.0.1/index.php](http://192.168.0.1/index.php) * always results in * [https://192.168.0.1](https://192.168.0.1) * being rewritten in the browser address bar and then the browser just stops and reports the page as unreachable. Have cleared cache and can insert arbitrary “ die(…” commands and see them render if I CTRL F5, so the browser cache is not a factor. * All I want to do is test if PHP 7.2 will break my site – on a testing server without HTTPS. * What is there besides .htaccess, wp-config.php and the associated MySQL database that still forces WP to HTTPS instead of HTTP when directly referencing in a web browser the testing server’s 192.168.0.1 IP? * I just need WP to -actually- use * [http://192.168.0.1](http://192.168.0.1) * and stick with that instead of each time making it [https://192.168.0.1](https://192.168.0.1)… * Thx! - This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/). - This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/). - This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/). - This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/). - This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/). - This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/). - This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/). Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [Jarret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarretc/) * (@jarretc) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-wp-from-using-https/#post-11900348) * Could be something in the vhost config of the server itself trying to force HTTPS, have you checked there yet? * [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/) * (@markrh) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-wp-from-using-https/#post-11901646) * If this is a standard install, try going to [http://192.168.0.1/readme.html](http://192.168.0.1/readme.html) which will bypass the WordPress code and just display the contents of that file. If that still redirects to HTTPS then it’s something in the .htaccess of the directory, something in the web server’s config files, or something in the browser forcing it, like a HTTPS Everywhere extension. * In the browser, also clear the cache just in case it’s trying to display a cached response. * The base WordPress code works fine with PHP 7.2.22 (running this locally and on webhost). If something doesn’t work it will be possibly your own custom code or a plugin that hasn’t been updated in a long time. * Thread Starter [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/) * (@rylan76) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-wp-from-using-https/#post-11902814) * Hi Jarret * Thanks for replying! * Not sure, if I run * apachectl -S in my Linux instance hosting the site I get pretty standard results with no mention made of HTTPS: * # apachectl -S VirtualHost configuration: ServerRoot: “/etc/httpd” Main DocumentRoot:“/ var/www/html” Main ErrorLog: “/etc/httpd/logs/error_log” Mutex authdigest-opaque: using_defaults Mutex proxy-balancer-shm: using_defaults Mutex rewrite-map: using_defaults Mutex authdigest-client: using_defaults Mutex proxy: using_defaults Mutex authn- socache: using_defaults Mutex default: dir=”/run/httpd/” mechanism=default Mutex mpm-accept: using_defaults PidFile: “/run/httpd/httpd.pid” Define: _RH_HAS_HTTPPROTOCOLOPTIONS Define: DUMP_VHOSTS Define: DUMP_RUN_CFG User: name=”apache” id=48 Group: name =”apache” id=48 * The above seems to imply no VHOST-enforced redirection? * Thread Starter [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/) * (@rylan76) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-wp-from-using-https/#post-11903144) * Hi markrh * Thanks for replying! * I can access the readme.html file fine and it renders in normal HTTP – no HTTPS auto-selected. * What exactly does that mean? * I surmise that WP itself IS still doing the HTTPS redirect, not apache or some factor outside the WP code… * Thanks again * Stefan * Thread Starter [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/) * (@rylan76) * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-wp-from-using-https/#post-11906766) * Hi all * Managed to solve this, I had the “Really Simple SSL” plugin still active. * Manually disabled it, now the site is partially loading at least. * Thanks for the replies! * Stefan Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘How to -STOP- WP from using HTTPS’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [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/) * 5 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [rylan76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rylan76/) * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-stop-wp-from-using-https/#post-11906766) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics