Title: What is the reasoning for including the  http(s) protocol?
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# What is the reasoning for including the http(s) protocol?

 *  [jimbotechsys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimbotechsys/)
 * (@jimbotechsys)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-the-reasoning-for-including-the-https-protocol/)
 * What on Earth is the reasoning behind including the protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) 
   with any and all link references in WP? Does anyone actually know?
 * How is it possible that this requirement is more important than all of the problems
   and potential errors that occur when changing every single link on a site as 
   well as in theme configurations and who knows where else?
 * If I need to run a site as BOTH secure and non-secure simultaneously with the
   same EXACT content, am I to understand it is NOT possible without duplicating
   the site for the OTHER protocol?
 * Why is this ridiculous mandate still required? Isn’t WP supposed to make it easier,
   not more difficult?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-is-the-reasoning-for-including-the-https-protocol/#post-7578650)
 * It’s currently the way it is because it’s the way it is. WordPress is built by
   volunteers, and if I had to guess, WordPress still requires a choice of protocol
   because no one has volunteered their time to make it otherwise. If you’d like
   to help, I recommend starting by filing this as a bug and contributing a patch
   if you can: [https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/reporting-bugs/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/reporting-bugs/)
 * For now, I recommend sticking with just HTTPS. The protocol has advanced significantly
   in the past year. Most browsers cache it, it’s a requirement for security obviously,
   and some server configurations actually serve it faster than HTTP.

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