Category: Mixed Content

When WordPress creates a post, it saves all kinds of information about that post (a thumbnail, for example) within the wp_postmeta database table. If your theme then uses information from the postmeta table to insert an image, this can result in mixed content if the links have been saved as http:// instead of https://. Mixed content in the postmeta often does not result in mixed content on the frontend. To verify if the result creates mixed content, visit your site

When you see a ‘PHP file with mixed content’ mixed content file in your mixed content scan, the result cannot be fixed automatically. The scan does provide all the information required to fix the file manually. When seeing such a result in your scan overview, it will provide you with the location of the file. This is outlined in red in the example below. The location will tell you exactly which file the mixed content is coming from. In this

Mixed content from a domain image source caused by a 404 redirect to homepage The following will only apply if you have mixed content on your site. If your site shows the secure lock, this notice can be safely dismissed by pressing the X button or the ‘dismiss’ link. In some cases, you can see an image with a source of http://yourdomain.com causing a mixed content error. If this is the case, it’s likely that your site redirects 404 errors

We often see mixed content on Elementor based sites after moving to SSL. Really Simple SSL Pro automatically handles this for you when you activate SSL. If you’re comfortable tweaking your URL settings manually, you can try the following solution: Be sure to create a backup of your database before performing the following steps Navigate to ‘Elementor->Tools->Replace URL’ and enter your old site address (with http://) and your new site address (with https://). You can find your current Site Address