WPML setup does not use SSL/https and duplicate protocol

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Last updated by Andreas W. 6 days, 19 hours ago.

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February 21, 2025 at 2:08 pm #16733972
desireeM	Background of the issue: I found this when you asked me to reproduce another bug. Site is https The default URL has duplicate http:// and then https:// All other languages it uses http:// by default See attached screenshot. hidden link This is a problem bc e.g. our real site has non-https external requests blocked for security reasons, which will make the ?____icl_validate_domain=1 request the setup sends fail, since it will be hidden link Symptoms: Questions: Fix your code
February 26, 2025 at 7:41 pm #16753240
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	Hello, Our apologies, for getting back to you with such delay. What you refer to is only a label inside the settings which has no impact on the site URL. You can see here that the sandbox runs on "https": hidden link If a site runs on "http", then only because it does not have a valid SSL certificate. What is the actual issue that you are experiencing on your site? If the issue is that WPML can not validate the domains, please leave the checkbox for domain validation unchecked and you should be able to save the settings. Best regards Andreas
March 4, 2025 at 7:34 pm #16775751
desireeM	>What you refer to is only a label inside the settings which has no impact on the site URL. You actually try to request the http: instead of https: URL when validating with ?____icl_validate_domain
March 4, 2025 at 10:02 pm #16776060
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	My apologies, at it seems that I misunderstood the reported issue. It would be very helpful if you could first send us the WPML debugging information. More information here: https://wpml.org/de/faq/provide-debug-information-faster-support/
March 5, 2025 at 2:53 am #16776441
desireeM	Would it be possible for once, that the WPML supporters actually fully read and grasp the ticket and stop wasting my time even more. What do you want to do with the debug information? This error happens on your own test site hidden link How would the debug information be helpful for you? It's your own damn site...
March 5, 2025 at 8:06 pm #16780494
Andreas W. Supporter Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch ) Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)	My apologies, but I can not confirm the reported issues. Here is a link to a translated post on one of our sandboxes. If you use the language switcher you will see that both versions use https: hidden link --- Do you have issues on your site using https in second languages? Take note, that if your site uses different domains per language then you will need one SSL certificate per domain.