SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects for WordPress Plugin Directory
SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects is a WordPress app, with a 4.9 average rating from 664 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by SSL Zen - Free SSL/HTTPS. With a rating of 4.9★ from 664 reviews.
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SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects is a category-leading WordPress app with a growing review traction. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 664 reviews show steady adoption but the app hasn't crossed the heavy-volume bar yet. Review accumulation at this stage tends to come from segment-specific use cases rather than universal adoption, so fit-to-stack matters more than category-leader brand recognition. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.9★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by SSL Zen - Free SSL/HTTPS — established developer track record
Cons
- −No declared third-party integrations on the listing — verify compatibility with your existing tools before installing
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How SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects works
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Secure your website with a Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate.
SSL Zen is a ‘Free SSL certificate’ plugin that helps you to secure your website, protect your customer’s data and show your visitors you’re trustworthy and authentic.
Manually installing a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate involves editing SSL configuration files on your web server and troubleshooting issues. With this plugin, you can follow a few steps to get your free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. No coding required, no more mixed content, or insecure content warnings. You require no special developer experience to move your HTTP web pages to HTTPS or to force SSL on your website.
Features of Free Version:
Generate a free SSL certificate by verifying your domain ownership
Install the free SSL certificate on your server or cPanel by following our video tutorials
Renew the free SSL certificate by re-verifying and re-installing the SSL certificate every 90 days
Settings page that shows your SSL certificate validity duration
Get an email reminder 30 days before the free SSL certificate expires
Secure padlock in the browser using Let’s Encrypt™ Free SSL certificate
SSL certificate is a ranking factor for search engines
SSL certificate displays information about your domain name and is verified by Let’s Encrypt™
Enable secure payment processing on websites with SSL certificates
Note: The free version requires you to manually verify your domain name with Let’s Encrypt by uploading a file on your server. You will also need to upload the free SSL certificate on your server and configure them. SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt is only valid for 90 days and need to be manually renewed. If you fail to renew your free SSL certificate, your website will start showing a not secure warning to the visitors.
If you want the plugin to automatically install the SSL certificate and auto-renew it, please check the premium version of the plugin.
Features of Premium Version:
Automatic domain verification
Automatic free SSL certificate generation
Automatic free SSL certificate installation
Automatic free SSL certificate renewal
Automatic HTTP to HTTPS redirection
Premium support – Live Chat & Email
CLICK HERE TO BUY THE PREMIUM VERSION
Why get an SSL certificate?
Trust – Starting from July 2018, Google Chrome has begun to mark all non-SSL websites as ‘Not-Secure’. When your users see the broken padlock, their trust wavers!
Security – SSL certificate provides authentication, trust and compliance. If your customer is filling out forms, or making payments on your website, you need an SSL certificate to protect sensitive data from eavesdroppers.
SEO – Google ranks SSL-enabled websites higher than unsecured websites. Hence, securing your website also helps get you on top of Google’s search results.
Facing problems with the plugin? We have detailed documentation for the most common issues you might face while installing SSL using our plugin. Please visit our documentation site at docs.sslzen.com
Please leave a review If our plugin helped you secure your website, please leave a review here
For more information about our plugin, please visit sslzen.com
Want SSL Zen plugin in your language? You can directly translate the plugin in your language here
When you add translations, get in touch with us as we will get you listed as a Project Translation Editor for our plugin.
Legal:
By downloading our plugin, You agree to Let’s Encrypt® Terms of Service
By downloading our plugin, You agree to LEClient license terms, a PHP LetsEncrypt client library to verify domain ownership and generate an SSL certificate for your website.
We use Let’s Debug API, a diagnostic tool to help figure out why you might not be able to issue a certificate for Let’s Encrypt®.
We use Freemius to collect non-sensitive diagnostic data about your website should you opt-in.
Optional email updates: if you tick the optional “email me SSL tips and updates” box during setup, your email address and site domain are sent to SSL Zen (sslzen.com) to add you to our mailing list. This is entirely optional — leaving it unticked has no effect on the plugin, and you can unsubscribe from any email at any time. See our privacy policy at https://sslzen.com/privacy-policy/.
Internet Security Research Group™, Let’s Encrypt®, ISRG™ are trademarks of the Internet Security Research Group. All rights reserved.
Keyword rankings
SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects ranks for 4 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- Rank #200
- Rank #777
- Rank #868
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Frequently asked questions
What is SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects?
SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.9-star rating from 664 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by SSL Zen - Free SSL/HTTPS.