Title: HTTP vs HTTPS Image Issues
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# HTTP vs HTTPS Image Issues

 *  [aheintz1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aheintz1/)
 * (@aheintz1)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-vs-https-image-issues/)
 * I am using an SSL Certificate and have changed WordPress Address (URL) &
    Site
   Address (URL) in General Settings from HTTP to HTTPS.
 * When I access my admin panel via HTTPS, then my uploaded images are broken. However,
   when I access my admin panel via HTTP, the images are working.
 * Similarly, when I access my site pages via HTTPS, my images are simply not appearing.
   And when I access my site pages via HTTP, my images appear just fine.
 * Please let me know how I can fix so images appear via HTTPS on both admin panel
   and site pages.
 * Thanks for the help!!

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-vs-https-image-issues/#post-5240153)
 * > I am using an SSL Certificate and have changed WordPress Address (URL) &
   >  Site
   > Address (URL) in General Settings from HTTP to HTTPS
 * Excellent! I’ve done the same myself recently.
 * >  When I access my admin panel via HTTPS, then my uploaded images are broken.
   > However, when I access my admin panel via HTTP, the images are working.
 * The image references need to updated from your old URL (with http:) to your new
   one (https:).
 * Give this a read.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL)
 * and especially this.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Changing_Your_Domain_Name_and_URLs](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Changing_Your_Domain_Name_and_URLs)
 * It’s the same server name but it’s not. You’ll need to make a full backup of 
   your files and database first before you poke at your installation.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup)
 * Once that backup is made and stored somewhere safe off of your server then try
   one of the search and replace options in that link above.
 * If something goes wrong you can restore your backup and get back to where you
   are now.
 *  Thread Starter [aheintz1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aheintz1/)
 * (@aheintz1)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-vs-https-image-issues/#post-5240176)
 * Thanks Jan – before I go through the process of changing all file and database
   references, I believe I have noticed the source of my problem:
 * When I look at a media image, the ‘perma link’ is showing as https. However, 
   the ‘file url’ is showing at http. I cannot manually change the ‘file url’ http
   to https on the wordpress media image edit page.
 * Is there a fix in word press where I can upload an image as HTTPS, instead of
   HTTP?

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 * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [aheintz1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aheintz1/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-vs-https-image-issues/#post-5240176)
 * Status: not resolved

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