Title: HTTPS not working in admin area
Last modified: June 12, 2019

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# HTTPS not working in admin area

 *  Resolved [cassihl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassihl/)
 * (@cassihl)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-not-working-in-admin-area/)
 * On the front end, when I go to the https version of my site it looks like the
   CSS is totally broken. Here’s a screenshot/gif of the certificate info in my 
   browser: [https://cl.ly/8be38e546670](https://cl.ly/8be38e546670)
 * When I enable the Really Simple SSL plugin in the backend I get the error: Detected
   possible certificate issues
    Really Simple SSL failed to detect a valid SSL certificate.
   If you do have an SSL certificate, try to reload this page over https by clicking
   this button
 * When I click the button, it loads the page, but no CSS, screenshot: [https://cl.ly/5e091abd133e](https://cl.ly/5e091abd133e)
 * I tried updating my WP settings to use the HTTPS version of the url, but then
   the site crashed and I got an error saying too many redirects, so I change the
   url back to HTTP in phpmyadmin.
 * I’m not sure what to do. It seems like something is broken either with the certificate,
   or in my wordpress installation. Have you seen this issue before? Any advice?
   Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwolters/)
 * (@markwolters)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-not-working-in-admin-area/#post-11630559)
 * Hi,
 * missing CSS and images etc is normal when SSL hasn’t been activated yet. This
   happens because links on the site still use [http://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-not-working-in-admin-area/?output_format=md).
   Http resources on a https site are usually blocked, resulting in the stylesheets
   missing. Usually pressing the ‘Go ahead, activate SSL!’ button resolves this.
 * If you have a redirect loop after activating SSL, there’s a redirect to http://
   activate at the same time as the redirect to [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-not-working-in-admin-area/?output_format=md).
   To fix a redirect loop, the redirect to http:// has to be located and removed.
   For the most common causes of a redirect loop see [https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/my-website-is-in-a-redirect-loop/](https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/my-website-is-in-a-redirect-loop/).
 * Since your site does have a valid certificate, the plugin will be able to detect
   it once you load the backend of your site over [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-not-working-in-admin-area/?output_format=md).
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 12 months ago by [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwolters/).
 *  Thread Starter [cassihl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassihl/)
 * (@cassihl)
 * [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-not-working-in-admin-area/#post-11631040)
 * That worked! Thank you for your quick response!

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## Tags

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

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 * Last reply from: [cassihl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cassihl/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-not-working-in-admin-area/#post-11631040)
 * Status: resolved