How to convert back from HTTPS to HTTP ? (Wordpress installation)
You purchased a domain for yourself.
Then somebody told you that SSL certificate is must. You purchased it for a
period of one year. You installed it. All your pages started with HTTPS. You
feel secure.
"Anything (including people, software, computers, and devices) who exchange sensitive information on any network, including the Internet and Web, needs to use SSL/TLS. Sensitive information includes things like username and passwords, credit card numbers, or any other data that needs to be kept private."
But after the end of the year the SSL certificate expired and
considering your limited use of the site you think that SSL is not necessary -
It will be an unnecessary expense. So you don't buy a new certificate. The site
shows notices that "It is not secure." Pages are blocked. Site stops functioning
properly.
You check with your web hosting company and they ask you to purchase a
new SSL. You don't want to purchase it.
Your site is not functioning because links to all your pages
in the database were converted to HTTPS. Now you have to reverse that.
In that case simply implement the following steps:- (From WordPress forum post)
- Access the database connected to your Wordpress site.
- Create a backup.
- Download the backup. Normally it is an SQL file.
- Open the SQL file in some really sophisticated text editor like Sublime Text.
- Search for https://yoursitename.com.
- Replace it with http://yoursitename.com
- Save and upload it to the folder where you keep your database backups.
- Restore database with the uploaded file.
Your site will start functioning smoothly.
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