Title: http to https
Last modified: March 25, 2018

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# http to https

 *  [ewhitaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewhitaker/)
 * (@ewhitaker)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-to-https-22/)
 * I just switched our site over to https tonight and everything seems to be working
   fine, but I have a question and not sure about the answer.
 * It was just a little more than a month ago, I totally re-did the website and 
   because of this created many 301 redirects in the htacess file to the new page
   URLs.
 * Now, we just went to https and to take care of that part, I put this in the htaccess:
 * RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [https://%](https://%){
   HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
 * The question is, on all the other redirects (from over a month ago) which are
   for individual pages, those are pointing to the new URLs, but in the http version.
 * Do I just leave things as is? It would seem to me that it would be confusing 
   to a search engine to see that it should redirect to https, then below that a
   slew of pages redirecting to non https version of the pages.
 * Do I just change all the individual pages that were from over a month ago to 
   https or do I need to do individual redirects for each page I initially redirected
   to a http page?
 * I sure hope this doesn’t sound confusing.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhttp-to-https-22%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Duncan McClean](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duncanamcclean/)
 * (@duncanamcclean)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-to-https-22/#post-10112630)
 * Could you share your .htaccess file?
 *  Thread Starter [ewhitaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewhitaker/)
 * (@ewhitaker)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-to-https-22/#post-10128614)
 * Below is the contents of the file. I did not copy all of the individual 301 redirects
   and left one as a sample. Because the site is still new, there are still pages
   showing up in the Search Console that need to be redirected to the new pages.
   I have tried entering the redirects and pointing to the https version, but all
   this does is cause a loop and the browser throws back an error on too many redirects.
   So, I then tried redirecting the pages to the http version, but I still get the
   redirect error in the browsers. It seems I can’t do anymore redirecting at all
   for any of the pages showing up in the search console. Not sure how to let google
   know that the pages have moved to a new URL anymore.
 * **I do have 4 versions of this site set up in the console and set the preferred
   domain. I am also using Jetpack and Cloudflare.
 * Header set Strict-Transport-Security “max-age=31536000” env=HTTPS
 * #Redirect all traffic to https
    RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule
   ^(.*)$ [https://%](https://%){HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] #End redirect
   all traffic to https
 * # BEGIN YOAST REDIRECTS
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On Redirect 301“/
   shop/cuckoo-clocks/souvenir-cuckoo-clock-battery-operated” “/shop/cuckoo-clocks/
   souvenir-cuckoo-clock-wind-up” </IfModule> # END YOAST REDIRECTS
 * # Yoast SEO – XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^sitemap_index.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=1 [L] RewriteRule ^locations.kml$ /index.
   php?sitemap=wpseo_local_kml [L] RewriteRule ^geo_sitemap.xml$ /index.php?sitemap
   =geo [L] RewriteRule ^([^/]+?)-sitemap([0-9]+)?.xml$ /index.php?sitemap=$1&sitemap_n
   =$2 [L] RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)?-?sitemap.xsl$ /index.php?xsl=$1 [L] # END Yoast
   SEO – XML Sitemap Rewrite Fix
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule
   ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * ## EXPIRES HEADER CACHING ##
    ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType image/jpg “access
   1 year” ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access 1 year” ExpiresByType image/gif “access
   1 year” ExpiresByType image/png “access 1 year” ExpiresByType text/css “access
   1 month” ExpiresByType application/pdf “access 1 month” ExpiresByType application/
   javascript “access 1 month” ExpiresByType application/x-javascript “access 1 
   month” ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash “access 1 month” ExpiresByType
   image/x-icon “access 1 year” ExpiresDefault “access 2 days” ## EXPIRES HEADER
   CACHING ##
 * Options +FollowSymLinks
 * # redirect from old site as of 2-4-18
    redirect 301 /html/newsletters.html [http://www.deutscheshaus.cc/articles/](http://www.deutscheshaus.cc/articles/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [ewhitaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewhitaker/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-to-https-22/#post-10128614)
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