Title: Link to External Site Getting forced Https
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Link to External Site Getting forced Https

 *  Resolved [criana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/criana/)
 * (@criana)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-to-external-site-getting-forced-https/)
 * Hi,
    I have a link in the footer of my site going to an external site, and while
   I have the link coded to be http:// it’s getting rewritten to https:// when displayed
   on the site. Is there a way to exclude this?
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
 * (@webaware)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-to-external-site-getting-forced-https/#post-4546520)
 * G’day Criana,
 * First, can you provide a link to your site please? Hard to diagnose without looking
   at the site.
 * Second, how is the link getting into the footer? e.g. menu link, widget, theme
   settings, code in footer.php, …
 * cheers,
    Ross
 *  Thread Starter [criana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/criana/)
 * (@criana)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-to-external-site-getting-forced-https/#post-4546527)
 * Hey Ross,
    Sorry about that, it’s [BBB site](http://babybellyband.com/). The 
   link in question is the one for “Website Supported by…”
 * The link is being placed via standard markup in the Theme Options > Footer Text
   area of an Admin panel.
 * Thanks for your assistance,
    Diana
 *  Plugin Author [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
 * (@webaware)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-to-external-site-getting-forced-https/#post-4546534)
 * Do you perhaps have a protocol-free link to that website, i.e. just `//` instead
   of `http://`?
 * Alternatively, can you confirm that it’s the SSL Insecure Content Fixer plugin
   that’s changing the URL? I don’t see how it can be, might need to look harder
   but please confirm first.
 * Also, your site is still loading a font from Google Webfonts over HTTP, look 
   at the CSS files in your theme for an `@import` statement.
 * cheers,
    Ross
 *  Thread Starter [criana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/criana/)
 * (@criana)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-to-external-site-getting-forced-https/#post-4546537)
 * Hi Ross,
    My apologies, disabling the plugin did not resolve the issue, now i
   have to track down where in WP or the hosting Admin it’s forcing every single
   thing to be in HTTPS.
 * Thanks for the find on the Google Webfonts.
 * Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for the support,
 * Diana
 *  Plugin Author [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
 * (@webaware)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-to-external-site-getting-forced-https/#post-4546554)
 * G’day Diana,
 * It’ll be WooCommerce. Try deactivating that plugin to confirm, and contact their
   support if it is them. BTW, you probably don’t need SSL Insecure Content Fixer
   if you’re using WooCommerce, because that plugin does much the same thing as 
   mine (some more, some less).
 * cheers,
    Ross

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## Tags

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

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 * Last reply from: [webaware](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webaware/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-to-external-site-getting-forced-https/#post-4546554)
 * Status: resolved