What issue or error are you experiencing? The button “WP Admin” opens in http rather than https, even though I have trusted SSL. What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc Create a brand new, empty site in local. Note: my default extension is local…

Actually, I’ve got another issue related to this, which probably needs to be sorted first, although I assume it’s connected to the same underlying problem. When I turn on one-click admin, I don’t get a list of admin users to select from. When I click on the drop down icon, it pauses briefly and the…

Hey @billinghamn ! We have a Windows Troubleshooting guide below that goes over some common items worth checking first. For example, make sure you’re running Local as an admin user, that you don’t have any security blockers, and that Local has access to update your Hosts file. [image] Trou…

Thanks for the suggestions, but I think I am beyond that level of diagnostic check. I’ve got 12 local sites running and they are all fine. One-click admin users are populated and the WP Admin button appears to work fine. However, when I create a new site, nothing seems to quite work as it used to.…

I’m glad to hear your previous sites are all working normally @billinghamn ! Is there anything unique about the new install you are trying to create? Or is it just a regular installation with preferred settings? Has your device been through any updates recently? Have you added or started using any…

The new test sites I am creating do not seem to have a local-site.json file, whereas my existing sites do. Has something changed recently in localwp to move from a json file to an internal db now?

Good catch @billinghamn ! Sorry I didn’t see that one. It is in fact still an open bug that hasn’t been resolved yet. I can check in with our dev team for an update.

Many thanks for confirming. But that bug has been open for at least 18 months. It can’t be a difficult one to fix, surely?

I checked with our Local Developers and confirmed that this one is still on their radar, and they will be taking a closer look at it soon. It turned out to be trickier to resolve, as some complexities arose after initially investigating it. Thank you for your patience and communication with us on th…

WP Admin opens in http rather than https

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billinghamn October 13, 2025, 2:35pm 7

In respect to this issue from 2024 (Site opens in http only - Bugs - Local Community), is this big still open? Or should it have been closed by now?

Topic		Replies	Views
"Open site" button opens site on http not https Support	1	116	January 10, 2025
New User followed steps to Open Site or WP Admin Support windows-10	1	17	February 2, 2026
SSL works if manually inserted in browser but not via Local Interface Support	3	139	May 2, 2024
"One Click Admin" not working with SSL Bugs one-click-admin , ssl	8	1010	March 7, 2025
Issue accessing wp-admin: "can't provide a secure connection" Support ports , ssl , wp-admin	8	362	July 22, 2024

WP Admin opens in http rather than https

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