Title: Why is my site suddenly HTTPS – ???
Last modified: October 6, 2017

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# Why is my site suddenly HTTPS – ???

 *  Resolved [websta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websta/)
 * (@websta)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-my-site-suddenly-https/)
 * Weird question: I have several websites on a new hosting account. I set them 
   up normally, yet realized later they are autoforwarding from [http://mysites.com](http://mysites.com)
   to [https://mysites.com](https://mysites.com).
 * I didn’t do anything to set that up?
 * Is that something new in WordPress? Hosting? Browsers? Something I missed?
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [websta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websta/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwhy-is-my-site-suddenly-https%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-my-site-suddenly-https/#post-9561283)
 * It’s something that a lot of hosting providers are starting to push, so the change
   was probably from them (WordPress itself doesn’t have the access to do that on
   its own).
 * Don’t worry, you’re in good company. Over half of the known sites on the web 
   are HTTPS now, it’s more secure, and WordPress will eventually require it for
   some features.
 *  Thread Starter [websta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websta/)
 * (@websta)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-my-site-suddenly-https/#post-9564364)
 * Are hosts switching accounts over to HTTPS on their own, without telling customers?
 * I have seen [Google will be increasingly warning Chrome users away if a site is not https](https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2017/08/22/chrome-will-soon-warn-you-about-unsecure-websites-should-you-be-concerned/#24bceba317e3),
   so that’s great, but I’ve asked my hosting company’s tech support about it repeatedly
   and their response may be characterized as, “Huh?”
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-my-site-suddenly-https/#post-9564393)
 * > Are hosts switching accounts over to HTTPS on their own, without telling customers?
 * Not the hosts I use, but there are thousands of hosts out there and I can’t keep
   track of all of them.
 * All I can promise is that WordPress didn’t do it on its own, it simply can’t.
   Switching to HTTPS requires acquiring a valid SSL certificate (which your site
   has) either from your hosting provider or a certificate authority, none of which
   WordPress can do.
 * The only possibility is that your hosting provider did it, someone with access
   to your hosting account did it, or you did it.
 *  Thread Starter [websta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/websta/)
 * (@websta)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-is-my-site-suddenly-https/#post-9564448)
 * Thanks very much, James.
 * I’m certain I didn’t set it up, but have wondered if hosts would just set that
   up (to please Google, impress customers) via [letsencrypt.org](https://letsencrypt.org)
   or other free SSL certificate organizations.
 * Thanks again!

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