How to forward http to https with .htaccess file
Forwarding your domain to https is crutial these days. Below blog goes though steps on setting this up via .htaccess file
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Below is instructions for linux based hosting with a wordpress installation.
Log into your hosting where you edit your files
Find and Open your .htaccess file
Between this statement
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
..
</IfModule>
- Add these three lines of code (if any of theses lines appear don’t re add them)
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Change https://example.com/ to your website domain
Open your page in private browsing htttp should forward to https
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References
- Image from https://www.serif.net/serif-news/title/Should-you-run-your-website-securely-on-https-with-an-SSL-certificate/post/11147
