Title: Using host-provided secure login Last modified: June 7, 2018 --- # Using host-provided secure login * Resolved [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/) * My WP sites are hosted at Omnis.com. They provide a shared secure (https) option. When I try to go to * [https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com](https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com) * I get this error message: * “Safari can’t open the page “[https://www.ericbeversuis.com”](https://www.ericbeversuis.com”); because Safari can’t establish a secure connection to the server “www.ericbeversluis. com”” * The people at Omnis tell me, “This is due to an issue with how WordPress functions. When WordPress detects that you have a secured site (HTTPS) it will redirect to the basic URL. To have your site SSL secured, you will need to purchase a private SSL certificate.” * Is this correct or is there some way to tell WP to use this secure site? I really only want to be able to use it for wp-admin, for now, anyway. * Thanks. - This topic was modified 8 years ago by [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/). Reason: Autocomplete messed up 'omnis.com' Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10375901) * >> When WordPress detects that you have a secured site (HTTPS) it will redirect to the basic URL. << * I call BS on that. * Make sure you set your site to use an HTTPS url. If you can no longer login, edit wp-config.php and set the https:// address there: * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WP_SITEURL](https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#WP_SITEURL) * Thread Starter [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376046) * I’m doing something wrong. I changed the WordPress address and the Site Address on the General Settings Page to * [https://www.ericbeversluis.com](https://www.ericbeversluis.com) * Got same error message. * Tried adding define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘[https://www.ericbeversluis.com’](https://www.ericbeversluis.com’);); to wp-config.php. Still nothing. * Tried substituting define( ‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘[https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com’](https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com’);); to wp-config.php. Still nothing. * Removed the line from wp-config.php. Now I can’t get in to my website with either [http://www.ericbeversluis.com](http://www.ericbeversluis.com) or [https://www.ericbeversluis.com](https://www.ericbeversluis.com) or [https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com](https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com). * Thanks. * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376069) * Do you actually have an SSL certificate installed? * The SSL checker reports :No SSL certificates were found on [http://www.ericbeversluis.com](http://www.ericbeversluis.com). Make sure that the name resolves to the correct server and that the SSL port ( default is 443) is open on your server’s firewall. * Thread Starter [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376246) * The certificate would be at wherever [https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com](https://ericbeversluis.secure.omnis.com) goes to, which is then supposed to access the material at ericbeversluis.com, which they host. I’m waiting on DNS to determine if their system even works on non-WP sites. * **I just confirmed that it all works as it’s supposed to for non-WP site. * Meantime, I assume I have to go into the code somewhere to change my WordPress address and Site Address back to http. * Can you tell me where I would do that? - This reply was modified 8 years ago by [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/). Reason: update * Thread Starter [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376275) * I tried entering the ff in wp-config.php: * define(‘WP_HOME’,’[http://ericbeversluis.com’](http://ericbeversluis.com’);); define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’[http://ericbeversluis.com’](http://ericbeversluis.com’);); * Used Opera rather than Safari in case there was something in Safari cache. But Opera said “This site can’t provide a secure connection [http://www.ericbeversluis.com](http://www.ericbeversluis.com) sent an invalid response.” * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376539) * Your SSL certificate is installed improperly. * Thread Starter [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376550) * OK, but it’s not my certificate, it’s Omnis’s certificate that I’m supposedly piggy-backing on somehow. As I said, it works for non-WP sites. * My original question was whether there was a way to make it work for WP. I tried what you suggested and now I can’t access my site. * So now my question is, how do I modify the site code so I can get the site back up? * Thread Starter [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376567) * I tried this setting also in wp-config.php (added ‘www’) * define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://www.ericbeversluis.com’); define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http:// www.ericbeversluis.com’); * Thread Starter [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376597) * My site is back up. Don’t know what did it. Opened Firefox and the site opened OK. Still wouldn’t open in Safari or Opera till I deleted history. I guess somehow History was forcing to [https://www.ericbeversluis.com](https://www.ericbeversluis.com) even when I typed in [http://www.ericbeversluis.com](http://www.ericbeversluis.com). * Or else something had to work through the system at Omnis. * Thanks for suggestions. I’ll see if I can get my own cert and go that way. I’m assuming the answer to whether there is a way to make the Omnis system work with WP is “No.” * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376630) * Probably not. The certificate must be issued for the domain used by WP. * Thread Starter [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * (@wperic) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376756) * OK. Thanks. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Using host-provided secure login’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/https/) * [SSL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [wperic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wperic/) * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-host-provided-secure-login/#post-10376756) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics