Title: HTTPS on main domain, HTTP on subdomains?
Last modified: December 28, 2018

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# HTTPS on main domain, HTTP on subdomains?

 *  [multimediocrity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimediocrity/)
 * (@multimediocrity)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-on-main-domain-http-on-subdomains/)
 * Hi! I have a website with an SSL installed. Right now, I have my HTACCESS file
   forcing HTTPS on all pages and sites. It works fine. I also have the HTTPS plugin.
 * Instead of buying a WildCard SSL for my subdomains, I decided I don’t need HTTPS
   for my subdomains. I’d like to do something to my site so it forces HTTP on subdomain
   sites and HTTPS on my main site. The solution must be to do something in my HTACCESS
   file, but I’m not sure what. I’ve tried doing some ‘ignore’ commands like I’ve
   seen on other posts, but it’s not working out for me.
 * I’d like mysite.org to be HTTPS and subdomains, like ps.mysite.org, to be HTTP.
 * Here’s a copy of part of my script:
 *     ```
       # BEGIN HTTPS Redirection Plugin
       <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
       #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^ps\.
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
       </IfModule>
       # END HTTPS Redirection Plugin
       ```
   
 * The part I #’ed out is not working as it should, but I expected it to ignore 
   the forced HTTPS if I’m on the ‘ps’ subdomain.
 * Do you have any idea what I can do to make this work? I’d appreciate any advice
   you can give me!
 * Thanks,
    M
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 5 months ago by [multimediocrity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimediocrity/).

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-on-main-domain-http-on-subdomains/#post-11030616)
 * The .htaccess files affect the folder they are in and any folder under them.
   
   Are your subdomain folders under the root domain folder? (they sometimes are 
   not) Does a request to a subdomain actually go to the root domain folder, or 
   is the subdomain folder the root for that request?
 *  Thread Starter [multimediocrity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimediocrity/)
 * (@multimediocrity)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-on-main-domain-http-on-subdomains/#post-11030936)
 * Thanks for the reply! I believe the main site and subdomains are coming from 
   the same place. The HTACCESS file is in the public_html directory and I’m able
   to turn my forcing of HTTPS on and off for both the main site and subdomains.
   When I make a change to the HTACCESS file, both my main site and subdomains are
   affected, so that shows me they are both reading from that file. The subdomain
   must read from the root.
 * I’m new to writing HTACCESS file commands so I’m a little uncertain of what to
   do here.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-on-main-domain-http-on-subdomains/#post-11031036)
 * So it sounds like your subdomains are subfolders of the root.
    I would make a.
   htaccess file in the subdomain folder, to force the http instead of https. But
   if any of the root links to a subdomain, you will have the mixture problem. If
   they are independent, it shouldn’t matter.
 *  [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-on-main-domain-http-on-subdomains/#post-11031139)
 * If you have a managed VPS or shared hosting, you should contact your hosting 
   company and have them install a (free) Let’s Encrypt certificate that covers 
   all your subdomains. If you registered your domain with your hosting company,
   then they can instead install a (free) Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate.
 * If you have an unmanaged VPS but have cPanel installed, free SSL certificates
   can also be installed through cPanel.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-on-main-domain-http-on-subdomains/#post-11032540)
 * Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not a Developing with WordPress topic.
 *  Thread Starter [multimediocrity](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimediocrity/)
 * (@multimediocrity)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-on-main-domain-http-on-subdomains/#post-11048520)
 * Dion Designs
 * Thanks for the information, but I did already speak to them. We do have a VPS
   and they’ve added the Let’s Encrypt SSL on all my domains. The tricky thing here
   is the Wildcard, which they don’t provide for free.
 * Joy
 * I don’t see any subfolders listed for any of my subdomains. The only way they
   seem to be partitioned is in each section, like my uploads will have a bunch 
   of numbered folders corresponding to each subsite’s id.
 * Jan Dembowski
 * Really? Ok, but this hands down seems like a Developing issue, not a Fixing issue.
   It’s up to you, though. You’re the moderator.

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