# Http to https forwarding issues (htaccess changed automatically) **URL:** \ **Category:** Podlove Publisher\ **Created:** [May 7, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/http-to-https-forwarding-issues-htaccess-changed-automatically/1445 "2018-05-07T15:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joey](https://community.podlove.org/user_avatar/community.podlove.org/joey/32/1080_2.png) [@Joey](https://community.podlove.org/u/Joey)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/http-to-https-forwarding-issues-htaccess-changed-automatically/1445/1 "2018-05-07T15:20:30Z")
Hi everyhone [My podcast](https://gametalk.fm/) is running on Publisher `2.8.0.build531` and https. My goal is to forward `http` requests to the equivalent `https` page. Example: `gametalk.fm/archiv` and `http://gametalk.fm/archiv` should both redirect to `https://gametalk.fm/archiv`. I recently found, that my forwarding stopped working. With the help of @Loewe88, I set up the htaccess file manually by adding a few lines. Before, I was using a web-tool provided by my host - that didn’t work. In the end, the WordPress part did look like this: ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://gametalk\.fm%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[0-9]+\..+\.cpaneldcv$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$ RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/[0-9]+\..+\.cpaneldcv$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/pki-validation/[A-F0-9]{32}\.txt(?:\ Comodo\ DCV)?$ RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` This was working fine for a few days. Today, my static WordPress pages (not individual podcast episode pages) stopped loading: “Too many redirects” (Google Chrome 65, Windows 10). I had this issue before. It happened from time to time. The solutions is always the same: `Podlove -> Tools -> Repair button`. Now the affected pages are loading again. **But:** I noticed that my https redirect was gone. I checked my htaccess file. It now looks like this: ``` # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` Yes, the redirect is gone. **How can I keep this from happening?** I don’t fancy fixing this by hand once a week… ``` Website https://GameTalk.FM PHP Version 7.0.29 WordPress Version 4.9.5 WordPress Theme Joeys Twenty Fifteen Child v1.0 Active Plugins - Akismet Anti-Spam v4.0.3 - Limit Login Attempts v1.7.1 - Podlove Beta Tester v1.1.3 - Podlove Podcast Publisher v2.8.0.build531 - Yoast SEO v7.4.2 WordPress Database Charset utf8 WordPress Database Collate Publisher Version 2.8.0.build531 Web Player Version player_v4 Twig Version 1.35.3 open_basedir ok curl Version 7.54.0 iconv available simplexml ok max_execution_time 50 upload_max_filesize 100M memory_limit 256M disable_classes disable_functions exec, shell_exec, system, dl, passthru, proc_open, proc_close permalinks ok (/%postname%/) podlove_permalinks ok podcast_settings ok web_player ok podlove_cache on assets - mp3 audio/mpeg https://GameTalk.FM/feed/mp3/ - m4a audio/mp4 https://GameTalk.FM/feed/m4a/ cron ok 0 errors 0 notices Nice, Everything looks fine! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Joey](https://community.podlove.org/user_avatar/community.podlove.org/joey/32/1080_2.png) [@Joey](https://community.podlove.org/u/Joey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.podlove.org/t/http-to-https-forwarding-issues-htaccess-changed-automatically/1445/2 "2018-07-17T21:23:53Z")
Update: I’ve simply set my `.htaccess` file to read-only. This does prevent the Podlove repair button from deleting the https to http forward. Everything is working fine now.