Title: Update existing WP site from Http to https
Last modified: June 23, 2020

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# Update existing WP site from Http to https

 *  [Grant Noel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicvisionzone/)
 * (@epicvisionzone)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-existing-wp-site-from-http-to-https/)
 * We have an existing website and need to change it over from http to https.
 * The site runs on AWS and according to AWS Support everything is setup correctly
   ie. SSL certificate, load balancer, etc.
 * The last thing to do is to change all files, etc from http:// to https://
 * Most of the articles we have found are over two years old, so we want to ensure
   we have updated information.
 * And, we have backed up our site before going through the process.
 * My understanding is that we have to make the following change in the wp-config.
   pho file:
    define(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, true);
 * Should be also change in the wp-config.pho file the following:
    [http://example.com](http://example.com)
   replace: //example.com replacing http:// with simply //: and should be include
   the URL name
 * In General/Settings, we are unable to change the URL from http:// to https://
   as it is grayed-out and cannot be changed.
 * How do we make the change required in General/Settings for the site name, etc
 * Is there a plugin that will make the changes?
 * Any valid procedures that are up-to-date that we can review.
 * Thanks so much for any responses.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fupdate-existing-wp-site-from-http-to-https%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Prashant Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/prashantvatsh/)
 * (@prashantvatsh)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-existing-wp-site-from-http-to-https/#post-13025664)
 * Hi
 * Please check this plugin [https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/)
 * As mentioned in the details ‘Always backup before you go!’ I will also suggest
   the same. Please do a full site backup(including database) and then check the
   plugin.
 * Kind Regards.
 *  Thread Starter [Grant Noel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicvisionzone/)
 * (@epicvisionzone)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-existing-wp-site-from-http-to-https/#post-13026147)
 * Thanks Prashant, I appreciate the feedback and will definitely look into Really
   Simple SSL

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 * [HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/https/)

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 * Last reply from: [Grant Noel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epicvisionzone/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-existing-wp-site-from-http-to-https/#post-13026147)
 * Status: not resolved

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