The browser reports too many redirects and the page never loads.
THE CAUSE
Two or more things are redirecting in a circle. Almost always one of these combinations:
The cPanel Force HTTPS toggle plus an .htaccess rule plus a plugin setting Cloudflare set to Flexible, which requests http from us while serving https, and our redirect sends it back A www redirect and a non-www redirect pointing at each other The application's site URL disagreeing with the redirect
DIAGNOSING
- Turn off every redirect mechanism you can find: the cPanel toggle, plugin SSL settings, and any
.htaccessrule. Confirm the site loads over http. - Re-enable one method only.
- Test in a private window.
FOR CLOUDFLARE SPECIFICALLY
Set SSL/TLS to Full (strict). This resolves the majority of loops on Cloudflare sites and takes ten seconds.
FOR WORDPRESS
Check Settings > General. If the site URL is http while a redirect forces https, the application and the server disagree permanently.
TESTING
Always in a private window. Browsers cache redirects aggressively and will keep showing the loop after you have fixed it.
