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# What causes mixed content warnings?

# Causes of mixed content warnings

Plugin developers sometimes use [absolute paths](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/what-is-an-absolute-path-tdim8e/?bust=1784823844440) (http://yourdomain.com/style.css) in their plugins or themes to link to [CSS](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/what-is-css-r7qcff/?bust=1784819024340) and [JavaScript](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/what-is-javascript-1b2ebl0/?bust=1784818752979) rather than using relative paths ( /style.css).

Images have hard-coded URLs (http://yourdomain.com/image.png) that point to [HTTP](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/what-is-the-http-protocol-7fcufm/?bust=1784821540525). These [URLs](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/what-is-a-url-1rlh9di/?bust=1784820887559) can be found in a post, page, or even a widget.

You have set up links to HTTP versions of external scripts (Hosted jQuery, Font Awesome, etc.).

You have integrated video scripts using HTTP rather than HTTPS.