https://yokekeong.com/blog/wordpress/Recent content in Wordpress on Yoke KeongHugoenThu, 09 Feb 2017 11:00:06 +0000https://yokekeong.com/activating-the-free-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-for-your-wordpress-site/Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:00:06 +0000https://yokekeong.com/activating-the-free-lets-encrypt-ssl-certificate-for-your-wordpress-site/<p>WPBeginner has a easy to follow <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-free-ssl-in-wordpress-with-lets-encrypt/">tutorial</a> on activating the free Let&rsquo;s Encrypt SSL certificate for your WordPress site, assuming your web host supports them. The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/">really simple ssl</a> plugin <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-free-ssl-in-wordpress-with-lets-encrypt/">mentioned</a> makes the process painless for existing sites.</p> <p>If you are on HawkHost, you can view their announcements <a href="https://blog.hawkhost.com/2016/11/08/hawk-host-now-officially-sponsors-lets-encrypt/">here</a> on their Let&rsquo;s Encrypt and 2FA support. In short, you can get the free SSL certificate by:</p> <ol> <li>Logging to cPanel, locate the Security section and click on &ldquo;Lets Encrypt™ SSL&rdquo; option to start the process.</li> <li>You can then select the domain that you would like HawkHost to issue the SSL certificate to.</li> <li>You will be brought to a confirmation page. On confirmation, HawkHost will generate the SSL certificate for you.</li> <li>Back in your WordPress admin page, activate the really simple ssl plugin and click on the button &ldquo;Go ahead, activate SSL!&rdquo;.</li> <li>You might be logged out of the admin page. If so, login again and you will discover that your WordPress site is now on SSL.</li> <li>Refer back to the WPBeginner <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-free-ssl-in-wordpress-with-lets-encrypt/">tutorial</a> for additional details like Google Analytics updates.</li> </ol>