What is an SSL certificate?
The SSL protocol allows us to encrypt the connections of our website to protect the privacy of our users, preventing access to information such as their name, address, etc.
In fact, it is becoming so important that some payment gateways such as Redsys consider it a mandatory requirement.
Although many may think that the use of these certificates is exclusive to online stores, Google indicates it as a criterion to consider for positioning our website. That's why personal pages and blogs have decided to implement it on their pages.
Where can I get my SSL certificate?
There is a lot of uncertainty about what to do after acquiring our certificate, since once purchased, it is necessary to install it on our server.
Therefore, at ProfesionalHosting we take responsibility for installing your certificate on your server completely for all customers who purchase our certificate.
If you have not yet purchased your certificate, you can find it in our SSL store.
Once installed on the server, how do I configure WordPress?
To change the URLs of our website, it is necessary to make some small changes in our WordPress.
To do this, we have to access our control panel and change the URL of our website:
Access the back office of your WordPress and go to Settings > General
Replace http:// with https:// in WordPress Address and Site Address.
Save changes.
Later, we have to install a plugin to force all links to HTTPS and get the famous "green padlock" throughout our website.
We recommend Really Simple SSL
To install it, follow these steps:
Access the back office of your WordPress and go to Plugins > Add new
Search for "Really Simple SSL"
Install the plugin, and you're done!
