Title: Progress on SSL and https support .. in Core?
Last modified: July 17, 2017

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# Progress on SSL and https support .. in Core?

 *  [davidmcc3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidmcc3/)
 * (@davidmcc3)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/progress-on-ssl-and-https-support-in-core/)
 * Hi.
    Recently re-read Matt’s post on SSL / https (dated 1st December 2016), and
   then searched for progress.
 * There doesn’t seem to be anything more recent.
 * Something so fundamental (especially as browsers are now reporting non-https 
   sites as “insecure”, should be in the Core … and soon … shouldn’t it?
 * Many thanks, David

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 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/progress-on-ssl-and-https-support-in-core/#post-9327030)
 * the web still has a lot of http:// sites, and despite all browser/seo/etc/etc
   tricks there will be a lot of http:// sites or sites with partial encryption
 * WP shouldnt loose its versatility to those sites. And overall – evolution is 
   a slow thing (years for Internet), dont expect anything too fast (months)
 *  Thread Starter [davidmcc3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidmcc3/)
 * (@davidmcc3)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/progress-on-ssl-and-https-support-in-core/#post-9397484)
 * Hi Yui
 * I’m not suggesting WordPresss.org makes HTTPS compulsory, but the facility should
   be in the Core, not as a plugin – we all know plugin support comes and goes.
 * As of October, Chrome (the market leader) will be marking ALL pages with the ‘
   insecure connection’ if there is an entry field … this includes any ‘Search’ 
   box, the from/to boxes for route planners etc. Other browsers follow where Chrome
   leads.
 * The WordPress.og and WordPress.Com sites are https … so why is it missing from
   the Core? I’ve looked at Dev chats recently, and I haven’t even seem it mentioned!
 * From the point of view of visitors to a website, https transport layer security
   is far more important that Gutenberg. And who do we build websites for?
 * Check the HTTPS topic tag, and there are lots of people struggling to get https
   working properly … about time the Core development teams woke up to the problem.
 * PS. My IT background (30+ years corporate and SME) has been on the customer support
   and account management side. While I understand lots about the technology, I’m
   not a programmer or coder (never mastered the skills) … I’m a user advocate …
   so that is my perspective.
 *  Thread Starter [davidmcc3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidmcc3/)
 * (@davidmcc3)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/progress-on-ssl-and-https-support-in-core/#post-9397497)
 * Sorry … forgot to mention excellent blog on https and security by Troy Hunt …
   I won’t try to post the link, but search on “Life Is About to Get a Whole Lot
   Harder for Websites Without HTTPS”
 *  Moderator [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * (@fierevere)
 * 永子
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/progress-on-ssl-and-https-support-in-core/#post-9397520)
 * there is no problem in core with https:// support
    if you have hosting that supports
   https:// then you shouldnt have any problem installing and using wordpress with
   it. There are some issues when using both http and https for same site.

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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: [Yui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fierevere/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/progress-on-ssl-and-https-support-in-core/#post-9397520)
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