[Col_Blimp]

Looking to filter/replace all instances of <img src="http:// with <img src="https:// is there any hooks that allow this to happen on topic/reply creation and edit?

[Pascal Casier]

Hi @col_blimp,

Not sure why you want to do this, because it will depend if the site where the picture is, is listening to https or not.

But if you look for a hook, it might be this one: http://hookr.io/plugins/bbpress/2.5.9/filters/bbp_edit_topic_pre_insert/

[Col_Blimp]

Hi, you know the sites SSL only and the browser warnings for non SSL images are overkill and off putting so I would rather the site have the green padlock all the time and have the users find a decent image host than show all images but have browser warnings.

Usually removing the http:// altogether works and the browser will show the green padlock for non SSL images but WordPress doesn’t seem to like it when you do that and wont show any image.

[Robin W]

WordPress doesn’t seem to like it when you do that and wont show any image.

wordpress will quite happily show images with no domain name just the directory & file

eg

change

http://www.mysite.com/uploads/2017/march/pic.jpg  

to

/uploads/2017/march/pic.jpg

[Robin W]

but if you do want to change it throughout your site use

Velvet Blues Update URLs

and change the http to https

[Col_Blimp]

Hi Robin, you know images from my own site are all SSL so WordPress works in this instance but its with BBPress when the user makes a post and uses the insert image button to link an image from another site that the problems occour ie:

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/V6sg3f0.png" alt="" />
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/V6sg3f0.png" alt="" />
<img src="i.imgur.com/V6sg3f0.png" alt="" />

but this site here is changing the http to https in all links so the demonstration is a bit of a fail 🙂

But a non https url will not break a certificate as that only happens if the link is embedding something in the post.

[Robin W]

ok, so I’m struggling to understand the problem

if users ppst an http to an http site, then this doesn’t break the cert, so what are they doing that is not working?

[Col_Blimp]

If you post a hyperlink using the link button then it matters not if it’s http or https as it’s just a reference on the page that does not download anything but if you use the img button then if your site is SSL and the image comes from a source that’s not then the certificate throws warnings.

I don’t want to change all links to https as that overkill so I’m looking for the best way to just change links using the <img/> tag to https as using this does not work:

<img src="i.imgur.com/V6sg3f0.png" alt="" />

but does outside of WordPress ie in MYBB that is how you avoid certificate issues.