ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS! Diagnose and Get Cures.

ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS is the redirect loop occurs in site. On a regular basis, ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS happen while a misconfiguration occurs in your server. Also in your WordPress site. The third-party services can also charge users.

In Google Chrome, ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS seems as “This page isn’t working .domain.com redirected too many times.” Again in Mozilla Firefox, it shows “The page isn’t redirecting properly”. Also in Microsoft Edge, “Hmmm, can’t reach this page” screens on. This ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS is not helpful at all. Today we have appeared with some recommendations on how to get your site back and track it.

Sometimes your site can move into an infinite redirection loop. But what are the reasons? Any guess?

The domain can redirect the user too many times as like from URL 1 to URL 2. Again from URL 2 to URL 1 when the site got stuck. Unlike some other errors, the redirecting errors can resolve themselves. But it depends on the user’s taken actions. In the above, we have discussed little variations of ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS in browsers. We are jumping on the recommendations to check errors and fix up.

Your WordPress site is redirecting URLs too many times. What should you do now? You can’t stop working on site but taking necessary steps to stop ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. Here we have suggestions.

Why delete cookies? Cookies contain more faulty data and cause ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. Google and Mozilla Firefox offer “Try clearing your cookies” to avoid errors. The advantage of this method is this will not effect on your website for frequent visitors.

Any error like 404 or 301 redirects can take your site down. So observe the HTTP to HTTPS forwards in your server. Server’s configuration files may affect in ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS.

In Apache .htaccess file may in a redirect loop if there is a wrong rule in it. Recreate a fresh one from scratch as like in fix 500 internal server error.

The following defaults are also useful:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

 

The user can fix an error by rechecking site HTTPS settings. We have told that a wrong set up in settings can cost you much. Before migrating WordPress site to HTTPS, should remember and do the followings:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

 

The reverse proxy services cause of ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. When the site server is flexible, all requests redirect to over HTTPS from HTTP. Change the Crypto Settings to full strict option.

N.B. : For avoiding a redirect loop, use HTTPS page rule.

Two different fields in WordPress site settings should ensure by users. Correct prefix to match the rest of your site.

WordPress address URL: This address is to rich your blog by visitors.

Site address URL: WordPress core files are heading here.

Change the values to replicate your domain through the following coding style:

define('WP_HOME','https://yourdomain.com');
define('WP_SITEURL','https://yourdomain.com');

 

Some be further analysis user could do via cURL in case the clearing cache method won’t work. 301 can appear as a bulky chain of redirects.

The Redirect Path Chrome extension provides insights all the reproduction in your site.

The above troubleshooting steps can avoid ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS. You can resolve this problem through disabling plugin for temporary. Hope you can understand that how much easy to resolve. Later it’s very much tricky to track down. After solving it, your site should act faster than before. So resolve and run your website quite in a better way.