{"id":17363,"date":"2016-11-15T13:43:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T11:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hetzner.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=17363"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:36:41","slug":"change-to-https","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/website\/change-to-https\/","title":{"rendered":"Change your WordPress site from HTTP to HTTPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The signs that a website has been secured with SSL are a padlock icon <\/strong>before the domain name in the address bar. Unsecured sites have an\u00a0<strong>\u24d8<\/strong>\u00a0 icon\u00a0\u2013 and possibly &#8220;Not Secure&#8221; before the domain name:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/my-domain-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1022\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/my-domain-screenshot.png 1022w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/my-domain-screenshot-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/my-domain-screenshot-768x237.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/lets-encrypt-ssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let\u2019s Encrypt SSL<\/a> certificates are<b> automatically included with all hosting packages<\/b>. Activation of the SSL certificate is dependent on both records both @ and www A DNS records pointing to our server and will be installed once the DNS has fully propagated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To see whether or not your domain has a certificate, you can browse to the HTTPS version of it, (for example, https:\/\/www.example.com). <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your website is <em>not<\/em> displaying on HTTPS, or you receive an error, please <a href=\"mailto:support@xneelo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your WordPress website has a certificate but does not automatically redirect to HTTPS, here&#8217;s how to fix it:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to activate HTTPS<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New WordPress sites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Admin area of the newly created WordPress site, select <\/span><b>Settings <\/b>(from the menu on the left-hand side), then <strong>General<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and update the WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL) to <\/span><b>https<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32985\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wordpress_settings_general.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1210\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wordpress_settings_general.png 1210w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wordpress_settings_general-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wordpress_settings_general-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wordpress_settings_general-768x392.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Note<\/u>: Should these fields be greyed out, this may mean that it is set somewhere else on your website. If this is the case, proceed with the next option below.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established WordPress sites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current websites will already have been indexed by Google and the HTTP URL will need to be redirected to HTTPS. Thankfully, there is a plugin that does the work. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/really-simple-ssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Really Simple Security<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plugin automatically detects your settings and configures your website to run over https. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you use Google Analytics, remember to update the settings to the HTTPS URL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can also manually force HTTPS using the <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/force-https-using-a-htaccess-file\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.htaccess file.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"<strong>The signs that a website has been secured with SSL are a padlock icon <\/strong>before the domain name in the address bar. Unsecured sites have an\u00a0<strong>\u24d8<\/strong>\u00a0 icon\u00a0\u2013 and possibly \"Not Secure\" before the domain name:\r\n<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-32982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/my-domain-screenshot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1022\" height=\"316\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span ><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/domains\/lets-encrypt-ssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Let\u2019s Encrypt SSL<\/a> certificates are<b> automatically included with all hosting packages<\/b>. Activation of the SSL certificate is dependent on both records both @ and www A DNS records pointing to our server and will be installed once the DNS has fully propagated.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >To see whether or not your domain has a certificate, you can browse to the HTTPS version of it, (for example, https:\/\/www.example.com). <\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span >If your website is <em>not<\/em> displaying on HTTPS, or you receive an error, please <a href=\"mailto:support@xneelo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span >If your WordPress website has a certificate but does not automatically redirect to HTTPS, here's how to fix it:<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span >How to activate HTTPS<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h3><span >New WordPress sites<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<span >In the Admin area of the newly created WordPress site, select <\/span><b>Settings <\/b>(from the menu on the left-hand side), then <strong>General<\/strong> <span >and update the WordPress address (URL) and Site address (URL) to <\/span><b>https<\/b>.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32985\" src=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/wordpress_settings_general.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1210\" height=\"618\" \/>\r\n\r\n<em><u>Note<\/u>: Should these fields be greyed out, this may mean that it is set somewhere else on your website. If this is the case, proceed with the next option below.<\/em>\r\n<h3><span >Established WordPress sites<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<span >Current websites will already have been indexed by Google and the HTTP URL will need to be redirected to HTTPS. Thankfully, there is a plugin that does the work. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/really-simple-ssl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span >Really Simple Security<\/span><\/a><span > plugin automatically detects your settings and configures your website to run over https. \u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span >If you use Google Analytics, remember to update the settings to the HTTPS URL.<\/span>\r\n\r\nYou can also manually force HTTPS using the <a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/control-panel\/force-https-using-a-htaccess-file\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.htaccess file.<\/a>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to move your WordPress site from HTTP to HTTPS with a padlock icon using a free Let&#8217;s Encrypt SSL certificate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lsx_disable_title":"0","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[779,166],"tags":[18000,881,883,869,267],"topics":[10371],"class_list":["post-17363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress","category-website","tag-implement-ssl","tag-activate-https","tag-https","tag-lets-encrypt","tag-ssl","topics-wordpress"],"acf":[],"additional_meta":{"category_title":[{"term_id":779,"name":"WordPress","slug":"wordpress","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":779,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":166,"count":14,"filter":"raw","term_order":"48","cat_ID":779,"category_count":14,"category_description":"","cat_name":"WordPress","category_nicename":"wordpress","category_parent":166},{"term_id":166,"name":"Website","slug":"website","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":166,"taxonomy":"category","description":"About your Website(s)","parent":0,"count":169,"filter":"raw","term_order":"120","cat_ID":166,"category_count":169,"category_description":"About your Website(s)","cat_name":"Website","category_nicename":"website","category_parent":0}],"tag_title":[{"term_id":18000,"name":"implement ssl","slug":"implement-ssl","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18000,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2130"},{"term_id":881,"name":"activate https","slug":"activate-https","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":881,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2682"},{"term_id":883,"name":"https","slug":"https","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":883,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":4,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2705"},{"term_id":869,"name":"lets encrypt","slug":"lets-encrypt","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":869,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw","term_order":"2904"},{"term_id":267,"name":"ssl","slug":"ssl","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":267,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":14,"filter":"raw","term_order":"3021"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"marketing","author_link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/author\/marketing\/","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6ea315e112423b2b955cb020fbce2b0835956c6ad85ff0f13f1db298977eaaa?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17363"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=17363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}