SSL login in custom port

[rseabra]

From my blog article, ​http://blog.1407.org/2012/03/18/log-into-wordpress-with-ssl-on-custom-port-if-needed/

In order to login into WordPress with SSL you just need to add the following to wp-config.php:

    define(‘FORCE_SSL_LOGIN’, true);
    define(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, true);

But that redirects you to ​https://www.yourDomain.org/. What if you need to redirect into ​https://www.yourDomain.org:8443/ ? What then?

Well, the following patch will allow you to add a property called CUSTOM_PORT which you will define as your desired port. In case of my small example, 8443 like this:

    define(‘CUSTOM_PORT’, 8443);

custom port for ssl patch

Yes, I know my description has a bug with the port number, but that's just "description" and I only noticed it after creating the ticket. My blog article has it fixed :)

Quick thoughts:

• Won't work when installed in a subdir (site url returns ​http://something.com/wordpress/)
• is_ssl() may not reconise the alternate port in some configurations
• not all ssl links are generated through that function (unfortunately), there are a number of cases of code such as: wp_redirect('https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); (wp-login.php)
• This could also be achieved using a filter (other than the above case where url's aren't generated with filtered functions)
• CUSTOM_PORT would be better off named SSL_PORT or similar.

(Pulling out of the Security component since it's not a security issue in WordPress)