Redirect Issue with WP after replacing all HTTP references

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Hi Gang! I incurred a redirect issue and now I am unable to log in to the WP admin console. Now I just started this website and unfortunately I did not back it up, that was my intention after completing this whole process

  1. The first thing I did was getting through the following steps:
    https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-using-lets-encrypt-certificates-with-wordpress

  2. After downloading the Really Simple SSL plugin and activating it, I was notified that my request was not successful due to what turned out to be the mixed content warning. Certificate had been issued, however after viewing the page source it turned out that there were CSS and JS files had HTTP references

  3. I then downloaded the HTTP to HTTPS Remover plugin, replaced all references

  4. I then went ahead and clicked Go Ahead, activate SSL

The site now does not work and I am unable to log in to the console. It keeps redirecting ( https://www.DOMAIN.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.DOMAIN.com%2Fwp-admin%2F&reauth=1). Not sure if disabling the main theme and then manually load a new one would fix this as I deleted all default themes and only have the Ocean Extra theme withe the Elementor page editor on the site. I can only gather that going into hta access file might be an option for a solution. Has anyone got an easy fix/explanation for this?

anavrin
asked 5 years ago216 views
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I would suggest removing the Really Simple SSL plugin plug-in, get your blog configured with SSL, then consider forcing a redirect.

Personally, I like to handle the redirect at the web server level with a rewrite rule.

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David G
answered 5 years ago

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