WordPress - Forcing SSL with .htaccess leads to redirect loop when using Polylang

Question

I have this issue with WordPress site that uses Polylang Plugin. I have redirected all traffic to https version with .htaccess like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

After I changed the "default language" setting in Polylang, I started getting "Too many redirects" error. If I remove the above lines from .htaccess, the error goes away.

Is there a way to force all traffic to https version while using Polylang?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 17 '17 at 07:49

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Multilanguage plugins have redirects of their own, which in this case probably causes the loop. If you re-save the settings of the polylang plugin, it should be fixed.

Removing the .htaccess redirects of Really Simple SSL is not necessary.

answered Aug 17 '17 at 07:49

Mo'men Mohamed

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I tried re-saving the settings, no effect. Not using Really Simple SSL plugin. – Demeter Aug 17 '17 at 07:50
Remove the .htaccess redirects. also re-saving the permalink settings – Mo'men Mohamed Aug 17 '17 at 07:55
If I remove them, I get rid of the error yes, but I want to force https. – Demeter Aug 17 '17 at 08:04
thanks, it worked for me: just hit save button in polylang settings -> url – neoDev May 16 '19 at 02:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 18 '17 at 09:45

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Managed to resolve this by forcing ssl in functions.php instead.

if($_SERVER["HTTPS"] != "on")
{
    header("Location: https://" . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
    exit();
}

answered Aug 18 '17 at 09:45

Demeter

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WordPress - Forcing SSL with .htaccess leads to redirect loop when using Polylang

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