Enable SSL on AWS Lightsail in wordpress

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Add the below code:

if ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https') $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';

in your wp-config.php file below the line. /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */ and replace the below code:

define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');
define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');

with this code:

define('WP_SITEURL', 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');
define('WP_HOME', 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');

And add the below code at the end in your functions.php file in your wordpress theme so that all your http requests redirected to https

add_action('template_redirect', 'redirect_core', 50);
add_action('init', 'redirect_core', 50);
add_action('wp_loaded', 'redirect_core', 50);
function redirect_core(){
	if (!is_ssl()) {
	wp_redirect('https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 301);
	exit();
	}
}

And you are done. Enjoy 🙂