WordPress Redirect All HTTP requests to HTTPS via .htaccess

Question

I've done this many times before, and yet I'm not managing to do this again for some unknown reason. Tried endless solutions. Everything I've tried results in an endless redirect loop.

What is the best option for doing this?

Update 1 Here are a few of the things tried;

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^website\.co\.uk [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.website.co.uk/$1 [R,L]

And;

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.website.co.uk$1 [R,L]

Tested in different browsers to prevent caching issues. Still nothing, just getting continual redirect loop.

Answer 1

I see, when you enter a link to your page other than your home, example:

• http://www.michaelcropper.co.uk/contact-me
• www.michaelcropper.co.uk/contact-me
• michaelcropper.co.uk/contact-me

If https:// is not in the prefix, the HTTP link loads instead. Add the following into your .htaccess in between the <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> tag:

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

If there were no additional modifications done to your .htaccess, it should look like the following:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# Rewrite HTTP to HTTPS
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Let me know how it goes.

Answer 2

Add code within a .htaccess file

 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /

   RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
   RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

   # BEGIN WordPress
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
 </IfModule>

Answer 3

You can set header in .htaccess

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" env=HTTPS
</IfModule>

Answer 4

try this in your .htaccess:

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !=https
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Answer 5

Just Add this in your .htaccess file

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Answer 6

If you are using W3 Total Cache the answer from @Ethan Jinks O'Sullivan will only work if you place the redirect before the W3 Total Cache mods in .htaccess as shown below

#BEGIN Rewrite HTTP to HTTPS
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
  RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
</IfModule>
#END Rewrite HTTP to HTTPS

# BEGIN GZIP COMPRESSION
...
# END GZIP COMPRESSION

# BEGIN DEFLATE COMPRESSION
...
# END DEFLATE COMPRESSION

# BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
...
# END W3TC Browser Cache

# BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core
...
# END W3TC Page Cache core

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Answer 7

If you don't want to change anything on .htaccess you may try this out

add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_core', 50);
add_action('init', 'redirect_core', 50);
add_action('wp_loaded', 'redirect_core', 50);
function redirect_core(){
  if (!is_ssl()) {
    wp_redirect('https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 301);
    exit();
  }
}

Or try this plugin: HTTPS Redirect

Answer 8

Toke me 10 minutes to fix the issue

Add a conf file for your domain.

Go to centos 7 at /etc/httpd/conf.d/, then create a conf file called anything.conf.

Put the following code on it:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName domain.com
    ServerAlias www.domain.com
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html

    <Directory /var/www/html>
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/example.com-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/example.com-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Replace example.com with your domain.
Then add the https rewrite code on .htaccess its will work. :)

Answer 9

#BEGIN Rewrite HTTP to HTTPS
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
  RewriteRule ^(.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
</IfModule>
#END Rewrite HTTP to HTTPS

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress