Title: Locked out after checking the force HTTPS for admin
Last modified: December 1, 2018

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# Locked out after checking the force HTTPS for admin

 *  Resolved [dmsuper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmsuper/)
 * (@dmsuper)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/locked-out-after-checking-the-force-https-for-admin/)
 * I have a self hosted site that I was doing admin through jetpack with. I had 
   a plugin awhile ago that was supposed to give me SSL but I always see NOT SECURE.
   There is a menu option on the left in the admin panel that says HTTPS. One of
   the options was a checkbox that said essentially – force admin to use HTTPS. 
   Foolishly, I thought that was how it would work that it would force the HTTPS
   but instead it kicked me over to a 404 error and now because it’s not secure,
   I can’t get back in. My site is still up. I went to wordpress to disconnect jetpack,
   planning to delete it and reinstall it without that check box checked and now
   my site is disconnected from word press and I can’t do anything.
 * I assume I can drop the $70 some dollars, buy the SSL and solve the problem that
   way but I wanted to ask if anyone else had any other ideas?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/locked-out-after-checking-the-force-https-for-admin/#post-10939781)
 * Jetpack doesn’t really control this, so there’s not much we can do to help here.
 * Your best solution would definitely be to acquire a valid SSL certificate from
   your hosting provider, as that would help your site be more secure. Most hosting
   providers offer these for free or at least far less than $70.
 * The other solution is to follow this guide to change your `siteurl` and `home`
   values back to the http:// version directly in your database: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Changing_the_URL_directly_in_the_database)
 * (you’ll find phpMyAdmin in your hosting account’s control panel)

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/locked-out-after-checking-the-force-https-for-admin/#post-10939781)
 * Status: resolved