Force HTTPS for WordPress websites by .htaccess

The method to make your wordpress based website to run always on https.

1. Login into wp-admin and go to “Settings -> General”. Make sure the URL have https.

2. From the file manager, edit your .htaccess and replace the wordpress rules by the following code:

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress 

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

And it’s done!