Title: use_ssl_preference
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# use_ssl_preference( WP_User $user )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Optional SSL preference that can be turned on by hooking to the ‘personal_options’
action.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

See the [‘personal_options’](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/personal_options/)
action.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$user`[WP_User](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user/)required

User data object.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function use_ssl_preference( $user ) {
    	?>
    	<tr class="user-use-ssl-wrap">
    		<th scope="row"><?php _e( 'Use https' ); ?></th>
    		<td><label for="use_ssl"><input name="use_ssl" type="checkbox" id="use_ssl" value="1" <?php checked( '1', $user->use_ssl ); ?> /> <?php _e( 'Always use https when visiting the admin' ); ?></label></td>
    	</tr>
    	<?php
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/user.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/user.php#L593)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/user.php#L593-L600)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [checked()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/checked/)`wp-includes/general-template.php` |

Outputs the HTML checked attribute.

  | 
| [_e()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_e/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Displays translated text.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/use_ssl_preference/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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