SSL, canonical urls and pingback source

[ogenstad]

I've setup a site where I force https (or ssl) in the admin section by using this line in my wp-config.php file:

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
(As per the WordPress Codex)

So when I go to the admin section of my blog I'm redirected to https instead of http. The reason why I do this is that I don't want my password to be sent in clear text over the Internet. If anyone else wants to use this you also need a certificate which can be bought from different providers or you can get them for free from StartSSL. Most hosting providers lets you install a certificate (though some require an own ip address).

Anyway the setup works good. However when I publish blogposts the pings seem to be send using the https as source.

So when I create the post http://networklore.com/compare-router-configs/ a ping is sent using https instead of http and my site shows up as https in the google search results.

I noticed that when viewing the source of the https site the canonical url uses https where I want it to be http. I don't know if this is why the site appears in the search results as https. But I would guess that has mostly to do with the pingbacks.

After googling for this I found a note on the wordpress forums where the SEO Ultimate plugin seems to have changed the canonical url issue. However I don't want to use any plugins, I want Studiopress to handle this.

Does anyone know how to solve this or have any recommendations if I should change my setup?

Perhaps just use a 301 redirect?

http://networklore.com/compare-router-configs/

[Susan]

As you posted this a while ago, I hope your issue has been resolved. If not, report back to me, and I will investigate further (or escalate as appropriate).

If your issue has been resolved, please mark it "resolved", so that it can be closed.

Thanks!

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