How Properly Set Up SSL on Your Website | EP 227

How Properly Set Up SSL on Your Website

1. Buy an SSL or use a free one 02:20
   • You can get a free SSL from Let’s Encrypt or Cloudflare.
   • If you have an ecommerce website and you want an extra level of trust with your customers, you can purchase a SSL certificate from a company like Comodo.
   • The company will verify your identity and then you can display this certificate on your website.
2. Change the domain in WordPress 04:01
   • Once you have the SSL installed on your website, you want to change your website name in the settings from http to https.
   • This will help pull your files in correctly.
3. Force SSL by redirecting http to https 05:30
   • Sometimes even when you have an SSL installed and have updated the website name, you might still have some links directing to the http version of your website.
   • You can use forced SSL plugins, or make updates in Cloudflare or WP Engine.
4. Fix insecure content warnings 06:28
   • We discussed how to fix this error in Episode 223.

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