Force https to http redirect except for WordPress /wp-admin directory

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Our HTTPS site is indexed on Google. We need this redirected to HTTP. We’re using the following code: 

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

to redirect https to http, and it works fine.

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However, I want to exclude all of WordPress admin from the https to http redirect, as I’d like to keep WordPress admin working over https, so I added: 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^wp-admin

taking the .htaccess code to: 

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^wp-admin 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

Unfortunately this does not work, and trying to load /wp-admin over https results in too many redirects and the WordPress dashboard does not load.

www.example.com redirected you too many times.

Would appreciate some help in excluding /wp-admin from the https to http redirect.

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  1. Try the following, this should force everything to HTTP except for the directory wp-admin:

    RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-SSL} !on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(wp-admin)
RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-SSL} =on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(wp-admin)
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]

    If you have problems with the above, you can try this also:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wp-admin
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/wp-admin
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]