Redirect my cPanel website to HTTPS
After your SSL certficate is installed on your hosting account, there are some modifications you'll need to make to your .htaccess
file. Adding a few lines to your .htaccess
file will automatically redirect your visitors to the HTTPS version of your website.
Note: These instructions do not apply to WordPress installed on cPanel. For more information, see Redirect my WordPress website to HTTPS in cPanel hosting after my SSL certificate is installed
- Log in to your GoDaddy account and open your product. (Need help opening your product?)
- Click File Manager. Once the file manager loads, click Settings.
- Make sure that Show Hidden Files (dotfiles) is checked, and click Save.
- Click on public_html, and open your
.htaccess
if you already have one. If not, click File+, name the file.htaccess
and click Create New File. - Select the
.htaccess
file, and click Edit.- If you just created your
.htaccess
file, use the following code to set up the URL redirect to the HTTPS version of your website:
RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?coolexample\.com RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.coolexample.com/$1 [R,L]
- If your
.htaccess
file already exists in your hosting account, do not duplicateReWriteEngine On
. Insert the lines that begin withReWriteCond
andRewriteRule
directly after the already existingReWriteEngine On
.
Required: You need to replace coolexample.com with your domain name for the sample code to work. - If you just created your
- Click Save Changes and Close. That's it!
Visit your website and you'll automatically be re-directed to the HTTPS version.
We provide these instructions as a courtesy, but you may need to make other changes to get the redirect working if you already have a .htaccess
file.
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