WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect

by WebFactory · Uncategorized

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Enable SSL & HTTPS redirect with 1 click! Add SSL certificate & WP Force SSL to redirect site from HTTP to HTTPS & fix SSL errors.

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Health

A 91/100

no flags

Active installs

80K+

≈88K estimated

Momentum

-23%

downloads vs prior 30d

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91 Health · A

Maintenance 100/100

Rating quality 92/100

Support 70/100

Security 98/100

91 health vs 58 average across 25,752 Uncategorized plugins

80K+

Active installs

≈88K estimated

1.9M

Total downloads

since 2015 · 4.3% still active

4.6/5

Rating

4.7 on wp.org · 179 reviews

-23%

Downloads · 30d

category median +5%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

4.3%

of downloads still active

At least 80K of 1.9M lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Ratings · 179 reviews

Details

Version: 1.70
Last updated: 3mo ago
Added: 2015-01-16 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP: 4.6
Tested up to: 7.1.4
Requires PHP: 5.2

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

98 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100

Updated 77 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 91/100

4.7★ over 179 reviews, smoothed to 4.57★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 100/100

1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

Search visibility

How it's tracked →

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.3

Velocity

places per keyword, 28d

13%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 28d

-0.2

Acceleration

recent half vs earlier

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

Keyword	wp.org	On merit	wp.org move, 90 days
force ssl your tag	#2	#3	0
ssl your tag	#2	#3	0
add ssl	#2	#3	0
force redirect	#1	#1	0
force https	#1	#1	0
force	#3	#4	0
mixed content your tag	#3	#3	0
http	#3	#3	down 1
https your tag	#4	#4	0
ssl certificate your tag	#4	#4	0
http to https	#4	#4	0
https redirect	#4	#4	0
redirect to ssl site	#2	#3	0
mixed	#2	#2	0
encrypt	#4	#4	down 1
expiry date	#4	#2	0
ssl fix	#3	#3	down 1
http redirect	#3	#3	—
ssl mixed content	#3	#4	0
localhost	#5	#4	up 1

94 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 51 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

What to do about it

Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “encrypt”, “expiry date” and “https redirect” (#4, #4 and #4 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-23% vs prior 30d

2331 Nov 2026

40K20K0

2331 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 66.1K · peaks are release surges

8K1 Nov 2026

80K40K0

8K1 Nov 2026

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

WP Force SSL & HTTPS · #512youSSL Zen · #2196SSL Mixed Content Fi · #2461SSL Atlas · #39858

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.71 Nov 2026

52.50

4.71 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

911 Nov 2026

1008060

911 Nov 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1011 Nov 2026

8004000

1011 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Occasionally updated

from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.70 · 16 Aug 2026

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.70 · 16 Aug 20261.69 · 19 May 20261.68 · 3 Dec 20251.67 · 16 Apr 20251.66 · 27 Mar 20241.65 · 19 Nov 20231.60 · 28 Dec 20211.57 · 21 Jul 20211.56 · 5 Dec 20201.55 · 7 Aug 20201.5 · 9 Nov 20191.4 · 18 Sep 2019

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.69 39%

v1.68 17%

v1.67 16%

v1.65 12%

v1.57 6.7%

Older / other versions 9.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

80K–90K ≈88K

Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90K.

Install history since 2 Dec 2020

80K1 Nov 2026

100K50K0

80K1 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ w7ef2r6qjym5t968qxjp83drnpd68zfb28okr4azpv63p
10mo ago

Great and thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Aidatün
1.2y ago

Free version only redirects http to https. That’s all. All other configuration options are PRO. This topic was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by Aidatün.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ akteotia
1.5y ago

bad plugin..
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ rogueeasyweb
2.0y ago

I feel like fixing mixed content should not be a “Pro” option. That’s essential. Just another bait and switch plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ artjoms
2.1y ago

ok
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★★★★★ 3xploiton3
2.2y ago

Simple doesnt push to dizzy setup
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ andrebell82
2.3y ago

My host provides SSL for my domain. So it is nice to find a plugin that does not try to force me to change the source of my SSL services. Plus this works out of the box. Nothing breaks. Visited my site with my PC, Android devices, and iPhone w/o using https. Every attempt successfully redirected me to https. No longer getting errors on browsers saying my site does not use SSL, when in fact it does. The user simply did not know to enter https. Now this makes the process seamless. For them and me. Thx !
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ GIORGOS DIMOPOULOS
3.1y ago

useless and dangerous in free version , i deleted it and everything is fine , whole website was hit
Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

— Version 2.1 Fixed an issue where some users were getting a error message for no valid header when activating the plugin. v1.2 Dropping support for PHP 5.2: Only 5.7% of the people that use WordPress use PHP 5.2, it’s old, buggy, and 2.1

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.70). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched Medium · 4.2 WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect <= 1.66 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update ↗

2024-06-07 CVE-2024-5770 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.66 Patched in 1.67

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✕ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 20 languages, 17 at 90% or more

Bengali 100%

Dutch 100%

Dutch (Belgium) 100%

Dutch (Formal) 100%

English (UK) 100%

Galician 100%

Italian 100%

Russian 100%

Spanish (Chile) 100%

Spanish (Spain) 100%

French (France) 94%

German 94%

German (Formal) 94%

Hungarian 94%

Spanish (Venezuela) 94%

Swedish 94%

Ukrainian 94%

Greek 88%

Arabic 76%

Spanish (Mexico) 76%

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

6 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "Enable SSL & HTTPS redirect with 1 click! Add SSL certificate & WP Force SSL to redirect site from HTTP to..."
✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
✓ Enough to quote 2,218 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "mixed content" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2026-08-25 90K+ → 80K+ down after 11 days in tier
2026-08-14 80K+ → 90K+ up after 6 days in tier
2026-08-08 90K+ → 80K+ down after 191 days in tier
2026-01-29 100K+ → 90K+ down after 2135 days in tier
2020-03-26 90K+ → 100K+ up after 58 days in tier
2020-01-28 80K+ → 90K+ up after 76 days in tier
2019-11-13 70K+ → 80K+ up after 141 days in tier
2019-06-25 50K+ → 70K+ up after 221 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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