The Strict Transport Security plugin implements the Strict Transport Security header, improving the security of HTTPS only sites. See http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2009Sep/att-0051/draft-hodges-strict-transport-sec-05.plain.html for the specification. Installation ============ add "addPlugin('strictTransportSecurity');" to the bottom of your config.php The plugin will not do anything unless: $config['site']['ssl'] is set to something other than 'never' $config['site']['path'] is either not set, empty, or '/' Settings ======== max_age (15552000): sets how long to remember the forced HTTPS (seconds) (15552000 seconds is 180 days) includeSubDomains (false): if set, then STS will apply to all the sub-domains too. Example ======= addPlugin('strictTransportSecurity');