Title: Subdirectory /wp/wordpress
Last modified: September 19, 2018

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# Subdirectory /wp/wordpress

 *  Resolved [Nano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfcyrus/)
 * (@rfcyrus)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-wp-wordpress/)
 * Hello,
 * I have a problem to activate SSL on my wordpress site.
    After activating the 
   plugin i get “**Detected possible certificate issues**” message.
 * If i click on “**Reload over https**” i get a “can’t reach page” browser error
   message.
 * The wordpress installation is in a subdirectory /wp/ which i guess is the problem.
   I tried on a different wordpress installation without the /wp/ directory and 
   it worked perfectly fine (same host).
 * …myexamplewebsite.com/wp/wordpress-root/ ; not working
    …myexamplewebsite.com/
   wordpress-root/ ; plugin worked fine
 * I don’t have a multipage, it’s just that i made the mistake long time ago and
   uploaded all files to the /wp/ folder instead in the root directory.
 * This is the debug message:
 * > Options:
   >  * Mixed content fixer SERVER: apache SSL is not yet enabled for this
   > site ** Detecting configuration ** plugin version: 3.0.5 Check SSL by retrieving
   > SSL certificate info
 * Am i guessing correct or is there maybe another mistake? Thanks
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by [Nano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfcyrus/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Mark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markwolters/)
 * (@markwolters)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-wp-wordpress/#post-10703507)
 * Hi,
 * having your WordPress installation in a subdirectory shouldn’t matter for SSL,
   if the site works on http:// it should also work on [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/subdirectory-wp-wordpress/?output_format=md).
 * Possibly there is an issue with the server configuration or your certificate.
   Can you check if the certificate checks out here [https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/)?
 * If the certificate checks out you can enable debugging in WordPress as described
   here: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress).
   That might provide a more detailed error to work with, the can’t reach page error
   is to generic to pinpoint an exact cause.
 * Mark

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