Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL) vs Simple SSL Redirects

Only use this plugin if you have installed SSL certificate on your site and HTTPS is working correctly Once you’ve installed an SSL certificate on your site, it’s important to ensure that your webpages are accessed via their secure HTTPS URLs. To improve SEO and user security, you want search engines and visitors to always use the HTTPS version of your pages. This plugin makes that easy by automatically redirecting users to the HTTPS version whenever they try to access the non-HTTPS (HTTP) version of a page. Example Let’s say you want to ensure the following page is always accessed over HTTPS: https://www.example.com/checkout If a visitor tries to access: http://www.example.com/checkout The plugin will automatically redirect them to the secure version: https://www.example.com/checkout This ensures that visitors always access the HTTPS version of your pages or site. You can choose to automatically redirect your entire domain to HTTPS, or selectively apply HTTPS redirection to specific pages. Video Tutorials Force Load Static Files Using HTTPS If you started using SSL from day 1 of your site then all your static files are already embedded using HTTPS URL. You have no issue there. However, if you have an existing website where you have a lot of static files that are embedded in your posts and pages using NON-HTTPS URL then you will need to change those. Otherwise, the browser will show an SSL warning to your visitors. This plugin has an option that will allow you to force load those static files using HTTPS URL dynamically. This will help you make the webpage fully compatible with SSL. Mixed Content Scanner & Database URL Fixer After switching to HTTPS, your pages can still trigger browser “mixed content” warnings if old HTTP URLs remain saved in your database (in post content, custom post types, post meta, or WordPress options). This plugin includes a built-in scanner to find and update those insecure URLs to their HTTPS version – no manual database editing required. Available from the Mixed Contents settings tab, the scanner lets you: Scan selected post types – Choose exactly which post types to scan and update, including posts, pages, and any custom post types registered by your other plugins (products, orders, downloads, subscriptions, and more). Update other database tables – Optionally include the WordPress options table in the scan. Include post meta – Extend the scan to post meta for the selected post types. Choose your scan scope – Run a quick “Scan Static Resources Only” pass, or a thorough “Scan All” to catch every non-HTTPS reference. This makes cleaning up legacy HTTP links straightforward, helping you achieve a fully secure padlock with no mixed content errors. SSL Certificate Expiry Notification This plugin includes a feature that allows you to receive email notifications when your SSL certificate is about to expire. It helps ensure your website remains secure and accessible over HTTPS. You can configure the recipient email address and specify how many days in advance the notification should be sent. By default, the notification is sent 7 days before expiry, but you can adjust this to suit your preference. This feature is especially useful for site owners who may not frequently check their SSL status, or for those managing multiple websites. By receiving timely alerts, you can renew your SSL certificate in advance and prevent potential downtime or security warnings. HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) Support Easy HTTPS Redirection includes built-in support for sending the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) response header. HSTS instructs compatible web browsers to automatically access your website over HTTPS after a visitor has successfully visited your secure site. This helps strengthen your site’s HTTPS enforcement and reduces the risk of users accidentally accessing the HTTP version of your website. The plugin allows you to: Enable or disable the HSTS response header with a simple checkbox. Configure the HSTS max-age value. Apply the HSTS policy to all subdomains using the includeSubDomains directive. Include the preload directive for sites that intend to submit their domain to the browser HSTS preload list. Features Automatically redirect all HTTP traffic to HTTPS Option to force HTTPS on the entire site Option to selectively apply HTTPS redirection to specific pages Helps search engines index the secure versions of your pages Improves site security and user trust Force load static files (images, js, css etc) using a HTTPS URL Built-in mixed content scanner to find and update non-HTTPS URLs across post content, post meta, custom post types, and WordPress options SSL certificate expiry notification – Option to send SSL expiry notifications to a specific email address Easily see which SSL certificates on your site are approaching their expiry date. HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) support with configurable max-age, includeSubDomains, and preload options. View more details on the HTTPS Redirection plugin page.

If your site has an SSL certificate you might find that you can access the site via both SSL (https) and non-SSL (http) URLs. This is a bad idea for security, and for SEO, as it can look like duplicate content on different URLs. The answer to this is to redirect requests to non-SSL (http) URLs over to their SSL (https) equivalents using something called a 301 redirect. This tells the client (and search engines) that the resource they are looking for should always be accessed over SSL. This plugin offers two methods to achieve this: By intercepting WordPress pages at header time, and if they are not already being requested over HTTPS sending a 301 redirect header, or By adding mod_rewrite rules in the .htaccess file to redirect all requests to their HTTPS equivalents using 301 redirects. Optionally, this plugin can also set HSTS headers for you, and make sure that all requests use the same hostname (i.e. fixing the issue where many sites can be accessed using both www. and non-www. URLs).