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Home / Website Hosting / How to force https in WordPress using web.config

How to force https in WordPress using web.config

Create and/or modify your web.config file in your WordPress sites root directory and add the following rule to your web.config:

<rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" stopProcessing="true">
 <match url="(.*)" />
 <conditions>
 <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" />
 </conditions>
 <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Found" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
</rule>

Full web.config example with HTTP to HTTPS redirect, then WordPress rewrite rule:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
 <system.webServer>
  <rewrite>
   <rules>
    <rule name="HTTP to HTTPS redirect" stopProcessing="true">
     <match url="(.*)" />
     <conditions>
     <add input="{HTTPS}" pattern="off" ignoreCase="true" />
     </conditions>
     <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Found" url="https://{HTTP_HOST}/{R:1}" />
    </rule>
    <rule name="WordPress Rule" stopProcessing="true">
     <match url=".*" />
     <conditions>
     <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
     <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
     </conditions>
     <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
    </rule>
   </rules>
  </rewrite>
 </system.webServer>
</configuration>
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