People with admin permissions for a repository can enforce HTTPS for a GitHub Pages site.
About HTTPS and GitHub Pages
All GitHub Pages sites, including sites that are correctly configured with a custom domain, support HTTPS and HTTPS enforcement. For more information about custom domains, see "About custom domains and GitHub Pages" and "Troubleshooting custom domains and GitHub Pages."
HTTPS enforcement is required for GitHub Pages sites using a github.io domain that were created after June 15, 2016. If you created your site before June 15, 2016, you can manually enable HTTPS enforcement.
GitHub Pages sites shouldn't be used for sensitive transactions like sending passwords or credit card numbers.
Warning: GitHub Pages sites are publicly available on the internet by default, even if the repository for the site is private or internal. If your project site is published from a private or internal repository owned by an organization using GitHub Enterprise Cloud, you can manage access control for the site. Otherwise, if you have sensitive data in your site's repository, you may want to remove the data before publishing. For more information, see "About repository visibility" and "Changing the visibility of your GitHub Pages site."
Enforcing HTTPS for your GitHub Pages site
- On GitHub, navigate to your site's repository.
- Under your repository name, click
Settings.
- Under "GitHub Pages," select Enforce HTTPS.
Resolving problems with mixed content
If you enable HTTPS for your GitHub Pages site but your site's HTML still references images, CSS, or JavaScript over HTTP, then your site is serving mixed content. Serving mixed content may make your site less secure and cause trouble loading assets.
To remove your site's mixed content, make sure all your assets are served over HTTPS by changing http:// to https:// in your site's HTML.
Assets are commonly found in the following locations:
- If your site uses Jekyll, your HTML files will probably be found in the _layouts folder.
- CSS is usually found in the
<head>section of your HTML file. - JavaScript is usually found in the
<head>section or just before the closing</body>tag. - Images are often found in the
<body>section.
Tip: If you can't find your assets in your site's source files, try searching your site's source files for http in your text editor or on GitHub.
Examples of assets referenced in an HTML file
| Asset type | HTTP | HTTPS |
|---|---|---|
| CSS | <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://example.com/css/main.css"> | <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://example.com/css/main.css"> |
| JavaScript | <script type="text/javascript" src="http://example.com/js/main.js"></script> | <script type="text/javascript" src="https://example.com/js/main.js"></script> |
| Image | <A HREF="http://www.somesite.com"><IMG SRC="http://www.example.com/logo.jpg" alt="Logo"></a> | <A HREF="https://www.somesite.com"><IMG SRC="https://www.example.com/logo.jpg" alt="Logo"></a> |