How to Properly Move WordPress from HTTP to HTTPS (Beginner’s Guide)

If you have a website still running on HTTP you need to migrate it to HTTPS as most web browsers mark a site still running on HTTP as not secure and that can have a negative effect on your website traffic.

In this video we break down the process of migrating from HTTP to HTTPS and offer two methods that you can use to make the move as smooth as possible.

🔗 Link to article with step-by-step instructions and the code for the second method https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-ssl-and-https-in-wordpress/

🔗 Link to buy SSL https://www.domain.com/security/ssl-certificate

🔗 Here is how you can use an FTP client to access your website files https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-use-ftp-to-upload-files-to-wordpress-for-beginners/

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:45 How to Find Out if You Are on HTTP or HTTPS
01:27 How to Install an SSL Certificate on Your Website
02:55 Setup SSL/HTTPS in WordPress Using a Plugin
05:13 Setup SSL/HTTPS in WordPress Manually
11:16 Submit Your HTTPS Site to Google Search Console

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