Identifying Non-HTTPS Links in Linkilo

Why this matters

HTTPS isn't optional anymore. Google ranks HTTPS sites higher, browsers flag HTTP pages as "Not Secure," and users trust HTTPS more. Your own URLs should all be HTTPS — but it's easy for HTTP links to sneak in:

• A writer pastes a URL like apple.com without the https:// and your editor doesn't normalize it
• An older article was written before HTTPS was standard and still references HTTP versions of external sources
• A writer trying out a new source uses a non-HTTPS site that should probably be replaced

Where Linkilo shows non-HTTPS links

• On the Summary: go to Linkilo → Summary. In the Link Issues section the Non-https links card shows how many links still use HTTP. It turns green when the count is zero.
• Site-wide list: click the card (View All →) to open the Non HTTPS URLs Records list — every post that contains at least one HTTP link, with its internal, outbound and external link counts.

The count comes from the latest completed Perform Scan. If you've fixed links since then, run the scan again (or click Refresh Dashboard to recalculate the cards from the last scan) to see the number drop.

How to fix them

Open each flagged post in the editor and, for each HTTP link:

1. Try the HTTPS version first. Most sites have HTTPS available — just swap http:// for https:// and check the page loads.
2. If HTTPS isn't supported, decide: – Is this an authoritative source you really need? Probably not — replace it with a comparable HTTPS source. – Is this an old archived page you're citing for historical reasons? Keep it knowingly, or remove it.

Bulk fixing

If a single domain you reference frequently has moved to HTTPS, use Update URL to replace http://that-domain.com/ with https://that-domain.com/ across your entire site in one pass.

HTTP links to your own pages are also picked up by Linkilo → Fix → Fix Link Health: switching a same-site link from HTTP to HTTPS when the destination answers correctly counts as a safe fix there, with a rollback snapshot.

Why we include this in the Summary

Working with writers and editors means small mistakes slip through even with the best procedures. The Non-https links card is a safety net so you don't have to manually audit every link.

Last reviewed for Linkilo 3.0.0 (October 2026).