From the course: Technical WordPress SEO (2019)
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Migrating to HTTPS - WordPress Tutorial
From the course: Technical WordPress SEO (2019)
Migrating to HTTPS
- [Instructor] Now if you're going to be migrating your WordPress site to HTTPS, you'll need to pay close attention to how you handle this migration. After securing your SSL certificate there's still more work to be done. You'll need to make sure that all of your redirects are in place so HTTP automatically redirects to HTTPS, and you'll need to make sure that all of the code libraries and file hosting services you're using are also secure. A really easy way to manage this setup is to use a lightweight plugin called Really Simple SSL. I'm here on my WordPress Dashboard. I'll select Plugins from the left hand side and choose Add New. We'll do a search for Really Simple SSL, and I'll choose install now. And then I'll select activate. Now I already have my SSL configured, so all we need to do is select Go ahead, activate SSL! And now our SSL is activated. This plugin handles most of the issues that WordPress has with…
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