Is it possible to force https by default?

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Is there any way to configure Local to set new sites to use https/ssl by default, rather than having to manually trust the SSL cert for each one, and manually change the site’s siteurl and home values in wp_options (or the site’s settings) to use https rather than http?

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I would also like to know this. + If I now go to https:// manually I get a number added the first time I go to /wp-admin and I get this number “:10065/wp-admin/” added to the url. Why is that? I think it also has to do something with this issue.

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@Ruben1

It sounds like your Router Mode is set to Localhost. If you change it to Site Domains by going to Preferences>Advanced>Router Mode you should see the domain names change after.

For anyone else coming to this thread with SSL issues, we have some help articles here that go over SSL in Local for more detail on recent changes and troubleshooting steps.

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Hi @Nick-B thanks for the quick reply. I have checked your setting and it was already set on this router mode: Site domains.

At the moment I have to do all this to make it work like a normal local install (using macOS):

  • install site through wizzard
  • Click trust on the SSL screen
  • Open keychainaccess
  • Search for new local domain
  • Double click, change settings to always trust
  • Close, fill in password
  • Go back to wplocal > Database
  • Open adminer > Go to wp options
  • Change home_url and siteurl from http to https
  • go to /wp-admin/plugins install better search and replace (- Sometimes the firs wp-admin has a portnumber and when I remove it after that it usually does not do it again)
  • Replace all http for https

And then it works correctly. Do you know why it cannot just directly force the https like on Mamp Pro for example?

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Hey @Ruben1 – I agree that this can get tedious. We do have a few open feature requests for making HTTPS in Local better, you might want to up-vote them to get them prioritized:

In the meantime, I know that under Mac, the security settings are such that you need to manually add the key to Keychain every time. As for changing the URL within the DB, one thing you might consider doing is use wpcli to do the search and replace. This would mean that you don’t need to edit things in Adminer or install the better search-and-replace plugin.

To run a search-and-replace with wpcli:

  1. Click the “Open site shell” button in Local
  2. In the terminal that opens, type the following command (be sure to use your site’s domain and note the s difference in http/https)
wp search-replace 'http://mysite.local' 'https://mysite.local'
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