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Many websites, including e-stores and subscription portals, ask their visitors to share sensitive information such as credit\/debit card details, home address, phone number, etc.<\/p>\nMany websites, including e-stores and subscription portals, ask their visitors to share sensitive information such as credit\/debit card details, home address, phone number, etc.<\/p>\n
However, the web is not as secure as it used to be a decade ago and there are countless threats for your visitors\u2019 security.<\/p>\n
Whatever the reason for a hacker\u2019s attack, if your clients\u2019 sensitive data is compromised, chances are that not only will they not return but you\u2019ll be blacklisted and best case scenario, hardly welcome any newly registered users for a long time.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why SSL can be crucial for a website owner.<\/p>\n
In the article below, we will give you details on how to setup\u00a0SSL for WordPress quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n
The widely used term SSL is an abbreviation for ‘Secure Sockets Layer’.<\/p>\n
It represents a type of cryptographic protocol, which is used for secure exchange of information between a website and the web browsers of its visitors.<\/p>\n
It encrypts the exchanged\u00a0data, in order to add another\u00a0level of security.<\/p>\n
Today a vast majority of Internet sites on the world-wide web use SSL Certificates.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why, its presence is regarded as a guarantee for a website\u2019s authenticity by random web users.<\/p>\n
In simple terms, implementing SSL for\u00a0WordPress is the process of migrating from the obsolete HTTP to the up-to-date HTTPS protocol.<\/p>\n
In this article, we will use the SSL and the HTTPS terms interchangeably, because of their similarities in this particular context.<\/p>\n
The main differences between HTTP and HTTPS are the following:<\/p>\n
Below, we will list some of the basic reasons why migrating to HTTPS is a good long-term investment for your website.<\/p>\n
As you can see your targeted visitors will only trust your website and enter their credit\/debit card details or any other type of sensitive data when you use SSL. Below, we will show you how to implement the SSL for WordPress.<\/p>\n
Every SSL certificate is a virtually authorized document. When you get one, you\u2019re allowed to use SSL encryption for a specified period of time.<\/p>\n
Currently, the price of an SSL is in the range of $60 – $200 and it is dependant on its period of validity \u2013 the longer it is, the higher the price.<\/p>\n
Therefore, you should remember to regularly renew your certificate in order to keep using SSL for your site.<\/p>\n
There are two ways to get an SSL certificate:<\/p>\n
After you\u2019ve obtained your SSL certificate, you need to install it. You can contact your web hosting service provider or the certificate provider and they will do this for you.<\/p>\n
In order to take advantage of your SSL everywhere on your website, update your WordPress site settings:<\/p>\n
The aforementioned steps can sometimes be unsafe for old WordPress based websites. Alternatively, you can use the Really Simple SSL<\/a> WordPress plugin. It will do all that automatically and update you whether there are some other things you should fix.<\/p>\n If you don’t want to install additional plugins, just add the following program code in your .htaccess file:<\/p>\n Then, replace: your_domain.com with your domain name. As a result, all pages will be redirected to https with an updated, HTTPs URL.<\/p>\n You can also force the use of SSL for the\u00a0admin area, to prevent any unsecured connections. Simply\u00a0add the following short line of code in the wp-config.php file above \u201cThat\u2019s all, stop editing!\u201d line:<\/p>\n This way, your dashboard will become HTTPS-friendly.<\/p>\n In case you run an older website, then all of its links will have to be updated in accordance with the new HTTPs standard.<\/p>\n One option is to search for and replace these links individually. Luckily there\u2019s an alternative.<\/p>\n Before you proceed any further, make a full backup of your WordPress database. Then do the following:<\/p>\n This way, all the outdated URLs will be replaced with the HTTPs ones.<\/p>\n Once you are done with the aforementioned steps, it is recommended that you perform some tests to verify that everything works properly just like it did before migrating to HTTPs. Follow these tips:<\/p>\n Although the HTTP to HTTPs migration with the addition of SSL for WordPress described above may sound a bit complicated and time-consuming, it is rather important, especially if you run a business-oriented website.<\/p>\n If you want to welcome many new targeted visitors and keep the existing ones, you need proper SEO and security.<\/p>\n HTTP is getting more and more out-of-date, though once used for the creation of the world-wide web. Stay up-to-date, using HTTPs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Learn how to quickly install SSL for WordPress with no plugins. See how you can easily test if the SSL certificated is configured correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2305,"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions\/2305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reseller-hosting-themes.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}RewriteEngine On<\/em>\r\nRewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80<\/em>\r\nRewriteRule ^(.*)$ https:\/\/www.your_domain.com\/$1 [R,L]<\/em><\/pre>\ndefine( \u2018FORCE_SSL_ADMIN\u2019, true );<\/em><\/pre>\n
Don’t forget to update hardcoded URLs<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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How to test if everything is working<\/h2>\n
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Conclusion<\/h2>\n