How to bypass https on WordPress when you can't access your site
Published 2021-09-09•Blog
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Under your general settings in WordPress you can configure https settings as outlined below.
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However, let's say you're having certificate issues or for some other reason you need to bypass this redirection to access your site temporarily using HTTP. You can do this by editing your wpconfig.php and adding these two lines.
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