Title: Request Images Over https://
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Request Images Over https://

 *  Resolved [lawchristopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawchristopher/)
 * (@lawchristopher)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-images-over-https/)
 * Would it be possible to request images using // instead of http:// that way no
   matter who’s using the plugin they won’t get error messages when running their
   entire site on https://
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-express-for-google/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-express-for-google/)

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 *  Plugin Author [thhake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thhake/)
 * (@thhake)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-images-over-https/#post-6221261)
 * Just out of curiosity, what kind of error messages are you getting?
 * I was already thinking about making https the default, but in my internal tests
   the loading times for a page with a lot of albums increased a lot compared to
   http (for each album one http(s) connection to google photo gets eastablished
   and closed, which is far more “expensive” for https connections). In one of the
   upcoming versions I’ll include an internal caching feature that will cache the
   answers from the google photo api, so that page rendering will be way faster 
   no matter if you are using https or http. After I have implemented this caching
   feature, making https a default wouldn’t harm anyone anymore.
 * For now you can simply change http to https in you shorttags. It should work 
   without a problem.
 *  Thread Starter [lawchristopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawchristopher/)
 * (@lawchristopher)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-images-over-https/#post-6221281)
 * > Mixed Content: The page at ‘[https://lawchristopher.com/london-tower-of-london/&#8217](https://lawchristopher.com/london-tower-of-london/&#8217);
   > was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure image ‘[http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6RWIWDpM_V0/UcDD84L4ovI/AAAAAAAAFt0/hXXr_qt_nnM/s1000/IMG_8300.jpg&#8217](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6RWIWDpM_V0/UcDD84L4ovI/AAAAAAAAFt0/hXXr_qt_nnM/s1000/IMG_8300.jpg&#8217);.
   > This content should also be served over HTTPS.
 * Here’s an example. Basically happens when clicking/fetching the image. Ah, but
   your suggestion does work. Didn’t realize that’s where it was getting it from
   haha but it would be nice if it was automatic.
 *  Plugin Author [thhake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thhake/)
 * (@thhake)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-images-over-https/#post-6221354)
 * I’ve included a “force SSL” switch in the newest development edition (on [github](https://github.com/thake/photo-express)).
   It should suite your needs. The switch is on by default.
 *  Thread Starter [lawchristopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawchristopher/)
 * (@lawchristopher)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-images-over-https/#post-6221356)
 * It seems to work 🙂 Looks pretty good. No warnings or errors now.

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 * Last reply from: [lawchristopher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lawchristopher/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-images-over-https/#post-6221356)
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