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/**
* Redirect WordPress front end https URLs to http without a plugin
*
* Necessary when running forced SSL in admin and you don't want links to the front end to remain https.
*
* @link http://blackhillswebworks.com/?p=5088
*/
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'bhww_ssl_template_redirect', 1 );
function bhww_ssl_template_redirect() {
if ( is_ssl() && ! is_admin() ) {
if ( 0 === strpos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'http' ) ) {
wp_redirect( preg_replace( '|^https://|', 'http://', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ), 301 );
exit();
} else {
wp_redirect( 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 301 );
exit();
}
}
}
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Would it be more efficient to hook into 'wp_loaded' instead?

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Sorry guys - for some reason I'm not getting notifications from GitHub for these comments.

@noaneo yes, functions.php will work, or in its own plugin, or in a core functionality plugin.

@wpexplorer What are your thoughts on that?

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