Title: “WP Migrate DB” https to http migration disabled by “Really Simple SSL”
Last modified: March 19, 2017

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# “WP Migrate DB” https to http migration disabled by “Really Simple SSL”

 *  [feralreason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/feralreason/)
 * (@feralreason)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-migrate-db-https-to-http-migration-disabled-by-really-simple-ssl/)
 * When using WP Migrate DB to migrate the database from a “Really Simple SSL”-enabled
   live site to a localhost development site, the localhost site came up with an“
   Access forbidden!” 403 error. This is apparently because the WP DB Migrate conversion
   from https to http is disabled by the RSSSL plugin, causing the exported sql 
   have fields like wp_options “home”, siteurl”, etc. to be built with ‘https’ instead
   of ‘http’. (I did use the 3-row find and replace in the migration profile.)
 * Apparently you can’t simply deactivate RSSSL, do the migrate an reactivate it,
   since this disables https on the live site.
 * However – since the problem negatively affects both plugins, perhaps a little
   collaboration is in order. I’d be happy to test a solution.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [feralreason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/feralreason/).

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 *  Thread Starter [feralreason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/feralreason/)
 * (@feralreason)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-migrate-db-https-to-http-migration-disabled-by-really-simple-ssl/#post-8932041)
 * There is apparently a workaround, thanks to Rogier Lankhorst, the RSSSL author.
 * Steps:
    1) Deactivate RSSSL by renaming force-deactivate.txt (in the plugin file)
   to force-deactivate.php. Then run it from [http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins/really-simple-ssl/force-deactivate.php](http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-content/plugins/really-simple-ssl/force-deactivate.php).
   2) Run WP Migrate DB – per standard instructions. (Make sure that there are 3
   rows in your migration profile and that the 2nd row “Finds” the https URLs and
   replaces them with http references.) 3) Activate RSSSL in the normal way and 
   follow instructions in the screen.
 *  Thread Starter [feralreason](https://wordpress.org/support/users/feralreason/)
 * (@feralreason)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-migrate-db-https-to-http-migration-disabled-by-really-simple-ssl/#post-8955894)
 * One last step…
    4) Rename force-deactivate.php back to force-deactivate.txt, 
   for obvious security reasons.
 *  [ThinkingDan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rushofepiphany/)
 * (@rushofepiphany)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-migrate-db-https-to-http-migration-disabled-by-really-simple-ssl/#post-9253215)
 * Hey Feral, I have been following this thread recently. Still not sure where the
   renaming of the file comes in place. Do you have a video tutorial you would recommend?

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 * Last reply from: [ThinkingDan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rushofepiphany/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-migrate-db-https-to-http-migration-disabled-by-really-simple-ssl/#post-9253215)
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