Title: [WordPress HTTPS] Admin links sometimes use wrong SSL host
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# [WordPress HTTPS] Admin links sometimes use wrong SSL host

 *  [clockspot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockspot/)
 * (@clockspot)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-https-admin-links-sometimes-use-wrong-ssl-host/)
 * Howdy,
 * I’m using WordPress HTTPS on a site with a regular non-secure host and a custom
   SSL host ([https://secure.domain.com](https://secure.domain.com)), with Force
   SSL Administration and Force SSL Exclusively.
 * This is where my login page is, or should be (I have my WP install in a subdirectory):
   
   [https://secure.domain.com/cms/wp-login.php](https://secure.domain.com/cms/wp-login.php)
 * If I try to access the admin panel via /wp-admin, and I need to log in, I am 
   redirected to the login page using the wrong SSL host (which doesn’t work in 
   our environment – it results in a security warning):
    [https://domain.com/cms/wp-login.php](https://domain.com/cms/wp-login.php)
 * All these links forward to the incorrect host:
    [http://domain.com/wp-admin](http://domain.com/wp-admin)
   [http://domain.com/cms/wp-admin](http://domain.com/cms/wp-admin) [https://secure.domain.com/wp-admin](https://secure.domain.com/wp-admin)
   [https://secure.domain.com/cms/wp-admin](https://secure.domain.com/cms/wp-admin)
 * If I am already logged in, they forward to the admin panel on the correct SSL
   host.
 * Have I set anything up wrong? Thanks for any insight, and apologies for any duplicate
   posting!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-https/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-https/)

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## Tags

 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [login](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/login/)
 * [SSL host](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl-host/)

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 * Last reply from: [clockspot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clockspot/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-https-admin-links-sometimes-use-wrong-ssl-host/)
 * Status: not resolved