Title: Redirect https to http
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Redirect https to http

 *  Resolved [jan.montano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janmontano/)
 * (@janmontano)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/)
 * How can I redirect all https requests to plain http?
 * By default, https is enabled by our hosting provider (server-side) and I was 
   told that the only way to go around it is by doing redirects via htaccess since
   they don’t disable https (server-side) on an account basis.
 * So when I access [our site via https](https://www.equestrianarena.com.au/), I
   get an error page. I don’t have https set up on wordpress and I want to get rid
   of it.
 * I’m not really an expert in wordpress but I know how to work with htaccess. For
   some reason, any changes done to htaccess doesn’t trigger a redirect. Even plain
   ones.
 * Is it because I’m already using the redirection plugin?
    Is it possible to do
   the redirect from https to http via the redirection plugin? How would I do it?
 * Thank you in advance.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/)

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 *  Thread Starter [jan.montano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janmontano/)
 * (@janmontano)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/#post-4603635)
 * The main reason why I wanted to do this is because the [https robots.txt](https://www.equestrianarena.com.au/robots.txt)
   is messing up our [http robots.txt](http://www.equestrianarena.com.au/robots.txt).
 * If you [google search equestrianarena.com.au](https://www.google.com.au/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=ZsP6Urj2H6GN8QfQoIGIDQ#q=equestrianarena.com.au),
   the first entry you’ll get is the https version of the site saying the description
   is not available because of the site’s robotst.txt.
 * It’s really hurting our ranking and I’d like to fix it as soon as possible.
 *  Thread Starter [jan.montano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janmontano/)
 * (@janmontano)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/#post-4603934)
 * Hi Just want to ask if anyone knows the answer to my problem. Thanks.
 *  [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrf/)
 * (@jrf)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/#post-4603962)
 * The Redirection plugin is only called upon once WP is loaded (unless you use 
   the Apache module), so no, it would be rare for it to be interfering with your.
   htaccess.
 * The redirect from https to http *should* be done on a server/.htaccess level,*
   not* via a plugin.
 * **But** can only be done with an .htaccess file in the root of the *https* server
   directory, not with the .htaccess file in the root of your normal *http* server
   directory.
 * And I kind of guess that’s the cause of your problem 😉
 * So edit/add an .htaccess file to the https server directory with the redirect
   to the http site and you should be fine.
 *  Thread Starter [jan.montano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janmontano/)
 * (@janmontano)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/#post-4603963)
 * [@jrf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrf/), yes you are right.
 * That’s exactly what’s causing our issue.
 * However, we don’t have access to the https server directory and the hosting provider
   won’t do it for us.
 * Is that normal for wordpress hosting providers?
 *  [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrf/)
 * (@jrf)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/#post-4603964)
 * [@jan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jan/).montano sounds like it’s time
   for a more professional webhost…
 *  Thread Starter [jan.montano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janmontano/)
 * (@janmontano)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/#post-4603965)
 * We’ll be going in that direction pretty much.
 * Thank you for your replies.

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 * Last reply from: [jan.montano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janmontano/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirect-https-to-http-1/#post-4603965)
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