How to Fix the 'Not Secure' Chrome Warning and Mixed Content Errors
Seeing a 'Not Secure' badge in the browser address bar immediately destroys visitor trust, causing up to 80% of users to abandon cart.
1. What Triggers Mixed Content?
Even if your site has an active SSL certificate, if a single image, stylesheet, or script is loaded over insecure http://, modern browsers flag the entire page as insecure.
2. The 301 HTTPS Rewrite Protocol
Force all traffic to encrypted HTTPS by adding a clean mod_rewrite rule inside your root .htaccess file, and update database image URLs using search-and-replace tools.
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