Title: why i can' install on https Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # why i can' install on https * [xxx123xxx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xxx123xxx/) * (@xxx123xxx) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-i-can-install-on-https/) * i am have wordpress around 15-20 sites. is good & best cms. but. 1 have 1 question. why i can’t install wordpress on https. LIKE [https://mydomain/wp-admin/setup-config.php](https://mydomain/wp-admin/setup-config.php). HTTPS alway redirect to http and then this look find if normal install http. * Option on wordpress on working Redirect Loop ALWAYS. clear cookies and wait 3 days * is not working Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-i-can-install-on-https/#post-5413043) * Do you have a link for us to look at? I’ve installed WordPress on both http and https and while it works there may be some additional steps needed. * Also give this handbook a look. * [https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/web-publishing/https-for-wordpress/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/user-manual/web-publishing/https-for-wordpress/) * Thread Starter [xxx123xxx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xxx123xxx/) * (@xxx123xxx) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-i-can-install-on-https/#post-5413127) * thannk you jan but Redirect Loop [http://i.imgur.com/T5CXpTM.png](http://i.imgur.com/T5CXpTM.png) clear cookies wait 3 days not working anymaore no login page wp-admin/setup-config. php page * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-i-can-install-on-https/#post-5413128) * > Do you have a link for us to look at? * It really often helps. 😉 * Thread Starter [xxx123xxx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xxx123xxx/) * (@xxx123xxx) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-i-can-install-on-https/#post-5413135) * working * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ if ($_SERVER[‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO’] == ‘https’) $_SERVER[‘HTTPS’]=’on’; * define(‘WP_HOME’,’[https://yousite.com’](https://yousite.com’);); define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’[https://yousite.com’](https://yousite.com’);); * on wp-config.php * Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * (@jdembowski) * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-i-can-install-on-https/#post-5413150) * Try taking those lines out including these lines. * ``` /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ if ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https') $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on'; define('WP_HOME','https://yousite.com'); define('WP_SITEURL','https://yousite.com'); ``` * Without those lines and doing nothing else try instead to add these line. * ``` define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true); ``` * Now visit your site via `http://your-URL/wp-admin/` and you should be redirected to the SSL version of that page. Does that work when you do that? Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘why i can' install on https’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [HTTP](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/http/) * [HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/https/) * [loop](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/loop/) * [redirect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/redirect/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/) * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-i-can-install-on-https/#post-5413150) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics