is_ssl(): bool

Determines if SSL is used.

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Return

bool True if SSL, otherwise false.

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Returns true if the page is using SSL (checks if HTTPS or on Port 443).

NB: this won’t work for websites behind some load balancers, especially Network Solutions hosted websites. To body up a fix, save this gist into the plugins folder and enable it. For details, read WordPress is_ssl() doesn’t work behind some load balancers.

Websites behind load balancers or reverse proxies that support HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO can be fixed by adding the following code to the wp-config.php file, above the require_once call:

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https')
    $_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'on';

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Source

File: wp-includes/load.php. View all references 

function is_ssl() {
	if ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTPS'] ) ) {
		if ( 'on' === strtolower( $_SERVER['HTTPS'] ) ) {
			return true;
		}

		if ( '1' == $_SERVER['HTTPS'] ) {
			return true;
		}
	} elseif ( isset( $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] ) && ( '443' == $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] ) ) {
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
4.6.0 Moved from functions.php to load.php.
2.6.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    With load balancers

    It won’t work for websites behind some load balancers, especially Network Solutions hosted websites. To bodgy up a fix, save this gist into the plugins folder and enable it. For details, read “WordPress is_ssl() doesn’t work behind some load balancers.”

    Websites behind load balancers or reverse proxies that support HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO can be fixed by adding the following code to the wp-config.php file, above the require_once call:

    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https')
    $_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'on';
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    Contributed by Nawawi Jamili —

    if behind web proxy/balancer, can use this function.

    function wpdocs_maybe_is_ssl() {
    // cloudflare
    if ( ! empty( $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_VISITOR'] ) ) {
        $cfo = json_decode( $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_VISITOR'] );
        if ( isset( $cfo->scheme ) && 'https' === $cfo->scheme ) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    // other proxy
    if ( ! empty( $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] ) && 'https' === $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] ) {
        return true;
    }

    return function_exists( 'is_ssl' ) ? is_ssl() : false;
}

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