# Https Cloudflare lost wp-admin access

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/https-cloudflare-lost-wp-admin-access/72112>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/https-cloudflare-lost-wp-admin-access/72112 "2023-02-08T13:24:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaiserk1](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/kaiserk1/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@kaiserk1](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/kaiserk1)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/https-cloudflare-lost-wp-admin-access/72112/1 "2023-02-08T13:24:48Z")

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### Username (e.g. epiz\_XXX) or Website URL

[epiz\_33545793](http://lifechangeconsult.me/)

### Error Message

ERR\_TOO\_MANY\_REDIRECTS

### Other Information

managed to get Cloudflare for my site and got Edge Certificates sorte, but when I changed the URL in Wordpress to https:// I started getting ERR\_TOO\_MANY\_REDIRECTS and now I can’t access wp-admin

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**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/https-cloudflare-lost-wp-admin-access/72112/2 "2023-02-08T13:42:56Z")

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If all you did was enable Cloudflare, then you’re likely using Cloudflare’s Flexible SSL system. With Flexible SSL, only the connection between your visitors and Cloudflare is encrypted, the connection between Cloudflare and our servers is not. And because our server doesn’t receive an encrypted connection, this confuses WordPress about whether HTTPS is in use or not, and cause the redirect loop.

There are two ways to fix this.

The most secure option is to use Full SSL in Cloudflare. That way, the connection between Cloudflare and our server is encrypted too, so WordPress can properly detect that HTTPS is being used:

> [@How to setup Full SSL with Cloudflare](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-setup-full-ssl-with-cloudflare/60679):
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> By default, Cloudflare uses a system called “Flexible SSL”. In this system, Cloudflare secures the connection between your visitors and Cloudflare, but not the connection between Cloudflare and your website. Not only is this less secure, some websites (notably WordPress) have trouble detecting whether HTTPS is in use, causing all sorts of issues. The best way to resolve this is by using Full SSL in Cloudflare. This way, the connection between Cloudflare and your website is encrypted, and your w…

Alternatively, you can keep using Flexible SSL, but then you’ll need to make some changes on the WordPress side so it can properly detect whether HTTPS is use:

> [@How to make Cloudflare Flexible SSL work with WordPress](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-make-cloudflare-flexible-ssl-work-with-wordpress/49362):
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> WordPress is a great and very popular website building tool, and Cloudflare is a great way to get HTTPS on your website for free. Thanks to Cloudflare’s Flexible SSL system, you don’t even need to manage SSL certificates to use it! However, getting WordPress to show a padlock and make all pages work can be a bit tricky. This article explains a good way to configure your website correctly with Cloudflare Flexible SSL. Heads up! Instead of making WordPress work with Flexible SSL, you can also c…

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**Author:** ![kaiserk1](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/kaiserk1/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@kaiserk1](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/kaiserk1)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/https-cloudflare-lost-wp-admin-access/72112/3 "2023-02-08T16:47:33Z")

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Thx it worked

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**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/https-cloudflare-lost-wp-admin-access/72112/4 "2023-02-15T16:48:26Z")

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