how to use ssl and https with wordpress?

[GustavoWoltmann016]

hi all,
how to use ssl and https with wordpress?

 

[utdream]

Hi Gustavo,

SSL isn't implemented in Wordpress directly, it is implemented on your web server. Can you tell us if you are running Linux or Windows (Apache or IIS) or perhaps what web hosting company you're currently with? We could provide more specific answers once we know a little more about your environment.

If you happen to be using cPanel or VirtualMin, both of those control panels have easy ways of implementing free SSL on to your site without you needing to know anything technical. So... that might be an option for you as well!

Again, we'll be able to help you more if we knew anything specific about your environment.

 

[Iss Meftah]

you need to assigned dedicated IP to your domain in order to install SSL Certification. some provide it for free like CloudFlare. you need to install an other plugin to fix CloudFlare SSL+ WordPress.

 

[utdream]

you need to assigned dedicated IP to your domain in order to install SSL Certification. some provide it for free like CloudFlare. you need to install an other plugin to fix CloudFlare SSL+ WordPress.

While this used to be true many years ago, this is no longer the case. Modern web servers and web browsers now support a technology called Server Name Indication (SNI) which allows you to use multiple SSL certificates on a single IP Address.

Server Name Indication - Wikipedia

It's a good thing too, with the depleted IPv4 pool and the reluctance (due to high costs) of getting new routing infrastructure up that supports IPv6, we'll be using this kind of tech on our existing IPv4 pools for some time I imagine.

 

[Peter T]

If you have the certificate and you want a WP site to show as secure you can use a plugin like wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/

 

[jazzme143]

Free SSL here when you subscribe to there shared account: siteground

 

[EclecticElite]

Purchase SSL certificate from your host. Do a find & replace on all URL's in the DB to https://yourdomain.com
Done..

 

[johnmartin0789]

thanks for shearing useful post with us......

 

[Ajith932]

May I know use and purpose of SSL Certificate

 

[hitcasinobonus]

Unfortunately I can't link yet as I'm rather new, but google "WP Engine SSL" - I find that solution rather handy.

 

[no2pencil]

I use ssl through CloudFlare by the following implementation :

Signup for CloudFlare, add your site, follow their NameServer instructions.
Once validated :
Install the plugins Cloudflare & CloudFlare Flexible SSL
Add the following line to wp-config :
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

Now all logins & admin pages are served behind CloudFlare's SSL over the encrypted https protocol, all other pages are plain text.

 

[no2pencil]

May I know use and purpose of SSL Certificate

You want passwords going over the encrypted protocol, as to not be sniffable through plain text communication. Furthermore, as of Chrome version 56, Google will start to mark sites as "NON-SAFE" that accept passwords or credit card data over http.

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