Wordpress https 'redirected you too many times.' error

Question

I am hosting a wordpress site on AWS and am transitioning from http to https. After reading some resources from online I added this line to the wp-config.php file:

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

Now when i try to access the /wp-admin/ page I get the xx.xx.com redirected you too many times. The all of the other pages work, it is only the admin panel that is not working.

Answer 1

For anyone coming here like me being behind a reverse proxy that handle the SSL stuff, it took me a while but I could find the documentation where it states what has to be done:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL

It states to add an if in the wp-config:

// in some setups HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO might contain 
// a comma-separated list e.g. http,https
// so check for https existence
if (strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'], 'https') !== false)
   $_SERVER['HTTPS']='on';

As I don't like to touch the config (mostly because I forget I touched it) I tried to find a more elegant way of doing it:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/

I have tried with this plugin and it works.