{"id":4458,"date":"2022-09-18T16:55:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T11:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostathash.com\/blog\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2022-11-05T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T07:28:24","slug":"https-is-invalid-and-might-prevent-it-from-being-indexed-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostathash.com\/blog\/https-is-invalid-and-might-prevent-it-from-being-indexed-fixed\/","title":{"rendered":"HTTPS is invalid and might prevent it from being indexed[Fixed]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem<\/h3>\n

HTTPS is invalid and might prevent it from being indexed
\nServing a page over HTTPS helps protect your users’ security and privacy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you are getting the above error in your webmaster, then you are at the right place to fix the issue.<\/p>\n

Why is this issue happening<\/h3>\n

It might be Google feature update which is why you are getting this error. You are also provided by a help article by Google<\/a>
\nIt it being caused because your website is not redirecting to https forcefully.<\/p>\n

Solutions<\/h3>\n

This is really easy and you can apply the quick fix to get rid of this error.<\/p>\n

1) For WordPress Websites<\/h4>\n

You can install Really Simple SSL<\/strong><\/a> plugin and add a force https redirect.
\nIf you don’t want to add the plugin, then you can also force redirect to https from the below code which works on WordPress and as well as PHP websites too<\/p>\n

2) For WordPress websites and for other websites<\/h4>\n

You need to add a force redirect to https and your issue should be fixed.
\nOpen your .htaccess<\/strong> file which is normally in folder public_html<\/em> and paste the below code.<\/p>\n

For non-www websites:<\/p>\n

\n
RewriteEngine On<\/div>\n
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]<\/div>\n
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\\. [NC]<\/div>\n
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\\.)?(.+)$ [NC]<\/div>\n
RewriteRule ^ https:\/\/%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For www websites:<\/p>\n

\n
RewriteEngine On<\/div>\n
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]<\/div>\n
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\\. [NC]<\/div>\n
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\\.)?(.+)$ [NC]<\/div>\n
RewriteRule ^ https:\/\/www.%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Final Words<\/h3>\n

You can now scan your URL again and you should no longer see the error.
\nIf you still have the problem, please free to comment and we’ll try to help you out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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