Use .htaccess to redirect HTTP to HTTPs

Question

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Answer 1

In my case, the htaccess file contained lots of rules installed by plugins like Far Future Expiration and WPSuperCache and also the lines from wordpress itself.

In order to not mess things up, I had to put the solution at the top of htaccess (this is important, if you put it at the end it causes some wrong redirects due to conflicts with the cache plugin)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

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

This way, your lines don't get messed up by wordpress in case some settings change. Also, the section can be repeated without any problems.

I have to thank Jason Shah for the neat htaccess rule.