Redirect Issues after SSL install

  • phillipg2

    (@phillipg2)


    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hello wordpress heroes!

    I would love some help with a redirect issue I am currently facing – or potentially a point at which to start

    Background
    I very recently got my SSL certificate for my site – awesome. However, previously posted social media links still directed to the http:// version. I used a plugin called ‘Really simple SSL’, that should redirect all incoming requests to the https:// versions. It does that indeed and the page itself works. The problem is, that links to my site that I posted on social media before the SSL cert are directing to a https:// link that now has ‘.html’ at the end of the link. Of course, this results in the page not being found. Removing the .html from the link leads to the correct page.

    Do you guys know what I could do to fix this redirect issue, so that no .html is being added at the end of these older links?

    Thank you for any insight you can provide here!

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  • shinerweb

    (@shinerweb)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    Rather than use a plugin, if you have access to .htaccess, this is a much faster method of redirecting.

    On my phone ATM, but if you Google “htaccess redirect non SSL request” will show you a number of solutions that will work.

    That’s my preferred option rather than using a plugin.

    It’s also worth performing a check of your database for any non HTTPS looks to avoid any mixed content errors. For this, look for a global search and replace plugin. Most will let you do a dry run before making any changes permanently. Of course, make sure you take a backup of everything before you do anything!! Then take another backup just to be sure. Remove any global search and replace plugin after you’ve finished with it.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    7 years, 6 months ago

    Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic.

    Thread Starter phillipg2

    (@phillipg2)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    Hello!
    Thank you for your super fast response!

    I am not very well versed in these areas – but you mean that even though I alerady used the plugin, methods shown under a “htaccess redirect non SSL request” search might solve the issue? For instance – https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38740240/htaccess-redirect-all-request-both-ssl-and-non-ssl-to-https-domain-com is one of the first results. Now, as I have no idea what I would be doing, is there a specific part in the process that would fix the HTML redirect part only? If I understand correctly, the processes outlined under the search show what to do in general to get the SSL set up. Again though, I have no idea about this stuff really.

    I understand that using plugins is not ideal and causes issues, but as I lack the programming knowledge, this is as much as I can try haha. Thank you so much for the help, I really appreciate it! Sorry for my anti-knowledge and probably simple follow ups.

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