Redirect my cPanel website to HTTPS

Start by logging in to your Control Panel and scroll down to ‘Web Hosting’. From there, select ‘Manage’.

On the next page, select ‘Manage’ for the account you wish to use.

Select the three-dot icon for the package you want to edit. From there, choose ‘Settings’ from the drop-down menu that appears.

Select File Manager in the account dashboard.

Select Settings from the cPanel File Manager in the top-right corner.

Ensure that the Show Hidden Files (dotfiles) option is checked, and select Save.

Double-click public_html from the File Manager dashboard.

Select your .htaccess file and click Edit.

If you don’t have a .htaccess, click File+, name the file .htaccess and click Create New File.

On the pop-up menu that appears, click Edit.

If you already had a .htaccess file, you’ll need to insert the following code into it:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?example\.co.uk
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.co.uk/$1 [R,L]

Be sure to replace example.co.uk with your own domain name though!

If you had to create a new .htaccess file, you’ll need to insert the following code into it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?example\.co.uk
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.co.uk/$1 [R,L]

Again, make sure that example.co.uk is replaced with your own domain name.

Once done, select Save Changes, followed by Close in the top-right corner.