Use .htaccess to redirect HTTP to HTTPs

Question

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Answer 1

Here is an alternative solution you can use if you don't want to edit .htaccess:

add_action( 'template_redirect', 'nonhttps_template_redirect', 1 );

function nonhttps_template_redirect() {

    if ( is_ssl() ) {

        if ( 0 === strpos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'https' ) ) {

            wp_redirect( preg_replace( '|^http://|', 'https://', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ), 301 );

            exit();

        } else {

            wp_redirect( 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 301 );

            exit();

        }

    }

}

You can place this at the bottom of your theme functions.php