Title: using https on a wordpress site
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# using https on a wordpress site

 *  [t3footie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t3footie/)
 * (@t3footie)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-https-on-a-wordpress-site/)
 * Is it possible to fully lock down a wordpress site using SSL???? I’m not a newbie
   at using wordpress but I’m no Jedi Master either. I have placed https on all 
   links throughout and I still can’t get the site to fully lock down. I have all
   required elements in place, the dedicated IP, full SSL certificate. I’ve made
   php test files that lock down with no errors so I know this is a wordpress issue.
   Any help would be very appreciated.
 * Link to site: [https://fucstic.com/fucstic/](https://fucstic.com/fucstic/)
 * Sorry about the link name, I’m only the developer not the owner of it.

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 *  [jessematic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jessematic/)
 * (@jessematic)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-https-on-a-wordpress-site/#post-2643889)
 * Hi! To force https(SSL) without having to use any weird plugins or anything (
   if you are using an Apache server), open your .htaccess file and add this to 
   it:
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
       RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
       ```
   
 * That will force SSL on EVERY page. Also remember to restart Apache when you are
   done:
    `/etc/init.d/httpd restart` Hope that helps 🙂
 *  [bramkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bramkas/)
 * (@bramkas)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-https-on-a-wordpress-site/#post-2643955)
 * I tried the same and got This webpage has a redirect loop. And it is causing 
   the site to fail.
 * t3footie, could you please tell us how you fix it?
 * Thanks,
 * bramkas

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## 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/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [bramkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bramkas/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-https-on-a-wordpress-site/#post-2643955)
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