# Make auto-linked URLs use HTTPS

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-auto-linked-urls-use-https/285690
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 16, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-auto-linked-urls-use-https/285690 "2023-11-16T08:53:14Z")
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### Author: ![renem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renem/32/117354_2.png) [@renem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renem)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-auto-linked-urls-use-https/285690/5 "2023-11-16T11:33:46Z")

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The force\_https site setting is missing here. From what I read here:

> [@Set up HTTPS support with Let's Encrypt](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-https-support-with-lets-encrypt/40709):
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> bookmark This is a guide for enabling HTTPS on an existing Discourse installation using Let’s Encrypt. It assumes prior installation without HTTPS enabled. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator exclamation This guide is only for existing installs where HTTPS is not enabled. Following the [official setup guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) automatically enables HTTPS by default. So you’d like to add https to your Discourse absolutely free, courtesy of our friends at [Let’s Encrypt?](https://letsencrypt.org/)bell I…

This happens because HTTPS is enabled. I use Let’s encrypt.

It seems that by default, text links are HTTP and you can’t change this. If you add it on a new line, it becomes a HTTPS link. For example:

> **[Where Tech Companies Build Communities](https://discourse.org)**
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> The customizable, scalable community platform powering over 22,000 communities. Create knowledge through conversation.

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