Force HTTPS for WordPress websites by .htaccess

Here is the method to make your wordpress based website to run always on https.

1.  Login into wp-admin and goto “Settings -> General”. Make sure the URL have https
   
2. From filemanager, edit your .htaccess and replace the wordpress rules by following code:
   # BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

# Rewrite HTTP to HTTPS
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://basezap.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

   Note : Replace basezap by your domain name.  Make sure the position of the https Rewrite rule is same as mentioned above.

And it’s done !

Assumption : You already have a Valid SSL certificate for your domain.

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Follow this guide to Force HTTPS on the PHP/HTML Websites using .htaccess