Stop WordPress from using HTTPS and just use HTTP

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Just today I synchronized a development website database with a production website database.

Now, my development website gives a “404 Not Found” error. The URL starts with HTTPS, and there is a red slash through the HTTPS text. The 404 page says “The server can not find the requested page: dev.greenbee-web.com/ilaimh/wp-admin/ (port 443). Apache Server at dev.greenbee-web.com Port 443”.

I did not realize that the production website uses HTTPS ( I am an employee and so I’m not the only one working on this website). This made the development website now use HTTPS, but I want it to use HTTP. I can’t figure out where, in any of WordPress’s configuration files, I can make the development website go back to using HTTP.

Is there some setting in wp-config that is forcing my development site to use HTTPS? If not in wp-config, where is the setting that is forcing the site to use HTTPS?

Thank you

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There are 2 things you must do.

If you are using Apache server go to .htaccess and change the Rewrite and RewriteBase engine to 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

If you are using Nginx something like this should work

server {
   listen 80 443;
   server_name example.com;
   # add ssl settings
   return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}

This would redirect the https to http

and go to the database through phpmyadmin or whatever you use
go to wp_options and find and change the siteurl and home values from https://example.com to http://example.com

Clean your cache and try again. It should work without problem.
If the site still asks for SSL check your wp-config.php file to see if it has this code 

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

then change the ‘true’ to ‘false’

Hope this helps you.

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