{"id":3698,"date":"2018-03-27T11:42:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:42:06","slug":"change-site-https-http","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/change-site-https-http\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your Site from HTTPS to HTTP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you add an SSL certificate to a domain on your hosting account, the domain will default to being served over <i>HTTPS<\/i>. If you do <strong>not<\/strong> want your site to use <i>HTTPS<\/i> to serve your site securely, &nbsp;you can change the default from <em>HTTPS<\/em> to <i>HTTP<\/i>. Just follow the instructions below.<\/p>\n\n\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--danger    \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Warning:<\/span> Search engines are now putting warnings on sites that do not use <i>https<\/i>.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to Change Your Site from HTTPS to HTTP on Non-WP Hosting<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <b>Domains <\/b>in the left sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <b>Manage Your Domain Names<\/b> in the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the name of the domain that you want to change to HTTP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find the <b>Change Non-SSL Site Display Option <\/b>button and click it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <b>When accessing [domain URL]<\/b>, click the box and select <b>Display the site normally<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <b>Update<\/b> button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Your site will now be served over <i>HTTP<\/i> instead of <i>HTTPS<\/i>. If you want to change the default at any time, you can repeat these steps, but select <b>Redirect to https:\/\/domain.com<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Domains<\/strong> in the top navigation bar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find your domain in the \u201cDomain\u201d<strong> <\/strong>column<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click its <strong>Edit<\/strong> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the \u201cServices\u201d section, find <strong>Non-SSL Site Display Option<\/strong> and click its <strong>Edit <\/strong>button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <strong>When Accessing http;\/\/domain.com: <\/strong>select <strong>Display the site normally<\/strong> from the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Update <\/strong>button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Your site will now be served over <em>HTTP<\/em> instead of <em>HTTPS<\/em>. If you want to change the default at any time, you can repeat these steps, but select <strong>Redirect to https:\/\/domain.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to Change Your Site from HTTPS to HTTP on WP Hosting<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-enthusiast\/\"><p class=\"\"style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e!important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Enthusiast<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional-plus\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional Plus<\/p><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface-2\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface-2\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/my.pair.com\/\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <b>WordPress<\/b> in the left sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <b>Manage Domains<\/b> in the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the URL of your domain in the <b>Domain<\/b> column<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scroll down to the <b>Non-SSL Site Display Option<\/b> section<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next to <b>When accessing http:\/\/domain.com:<\/b> click the box and select <b>Display the site normally<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <b>Update<\/b> directly underneath the display options box<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Your site will now be served over <i>HTTP<\/i> instead of <i>HTTPS<\/i>. 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If you want to change the default at any time, you can repeat these steps, but select Redirect to <a href=\"https:\/\/domain.com\/\">https:\/\/domain.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you add an SSL certificate to a domain on your hosting account, the domain will default to being served over HTTPS. If you do not want your site to use HTTPS to serve your site securely, &nbsp;you can change the default from HTTPS to HTTP. 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