Auto-Install Free SSL – Generate & Install Free SSL Certificates vs WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect

Auto-Install Free SSL With over 390 five-star reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and a 4.9 out of 5 stars average rating, ‘Auto-Install Free SSL’ empowers you to generate Free SSL Certificates in your WordPress dashboard effortlessly. This plugin helps secure your website and saves you money. Let’s Encrypt™ SSL Certificate is FREE. But they provide it through their API. If you are not a programmer, you need to study and practice programming for years to be able to use the API of Let’s Encrypt™ to generate a single Free SSL Certificate for your WordPress website. Here is where ‘Auto-Install Free SSL’ comes into play. This WordPress plugin provides a hassle-free way to obtain and install the Let’s Encrypt™ free SSL certificate for your website. You don’t need programming or coding experience to set it up. With this plugin, you don’t need to spend hours configuring SSL or waste money purchasing SSL certificates. All you need is a few minutes. Minimum System Requirements Linux or Windows hosting WordPress 4.1 PHP 5.6 OpenSSL extension Curl extension The website should be assigned to a domain name (e.g., example.com) accessible online. Ensure your web server can serve static files – a standard feature in most web servers. FREE PLUGIN FEATURES Domain Ownership Verification. Generate and renew Free SSL Certificate. One-click Download the generated SSL certificate, Private key, and CA Bundle files. Video tutorial on cPanel: (1) How to upload HTTP-01 challenge files to verify domain ownership. (2) How to Install the Free SSL Certificate. Written tutorial on Plesk for the above two topics. One-click Force SSL activation, i.e., HTTPS redirect, fix insecure links and mixed content warning, display the padlock in the browser’s address bar with ONLY ONE CLICK. One-click revert to HTTP if required. Automatic renewal reminder by email and admin notice before the SSL expiry date. Automatic account registration with Let’s Encrypt™. Automatic CSR (Certificate Signing Request) generation. The free https SSL certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt™ expires in 90 days. They recommend renewing 30 days before expiry. Please check the FAQ section to learn why the lifetime is 90 days. Use this plugin only for HTTPS redirects too. If your WordPress website has an SSL certificate installed and you are looking ONLY for Force SSL activation (i.e., HTTPS redirect, fix insecure content), you can use the FREE version. PREMIUM PLUGIN FEATURES Automatic Verification of Domain Ownership. Automatic Generation of Free SSL Certificate. Automatic Installation of Free SSL Security Certificate (cPanel or root access is required for this automation). [However, if you have neither cPanel nor root access, we’ll Install the SSL manually for the first time and provide documentation on how to install SSL manually]. Automatic Renewal of Free SSL Certificate (30 days before expiry). Automatic Cron Job. No need to set the Cron Job manually. Automatic account registration with Let’s Encrypt™. Automatic CSR (Certificate Signing Request) generation. One-click Force SSL activation. One-click revert to HTTP if required. One-to-one Premium Support. SSL installation training for non-cPanel websites. Automatic WildCard SSL certificate for free! (Generation and installation of an SSL certificate for a domain that covers all its sub-domains.) Automatically sets the DNS TXT record to verify the domain and generate free wildcard SSL certificates (supported DNS service providers: Cloudflare, Godaddy, Namecheap, and cPanel.) Supports Multisite. Works on all the websites hosted on a cPanel / web hosting. If needed, you can revoke any SSL certificate and change your Let’s Encrypt™ account key. (The last five features are available for the unlimited sites license only.) If your WordPress website is hosted on a VPS or dedicated server and you don’t have cPanel, Automatic Installation of the Free SSL Certificate is still possible. Please get in touch with us after purchase. BUY PREMIUM VERSION Benefits of installing an SSL certificate on your WordPress website Protect your users’ data: If an SSL certificate is installed, your WordPress website’s data travels through the internet with 2048-bit (or more) encryption. No computer or hacker in between can read your users’ encrypted data. Only the intended recipient (users’ browser or your server) can decrypt and read the encrypted data. The data may be credit card-like necessary payment details, user input with a contact form, or a simple login form. Display PADLOCK: Installing an SSL certificate is not optional anymore, even if your WordPress website doesn’t accept credit cards. Since July 2018, with version 68, Google Chrome has started to mark all HTTP (no SSL) websites as ‘Not secure’, even if it doesn’t accept user input. All other browsers followed the same path. When users visit an SSL-secured website, all browsers display a secured PADLOCK in the address bar. Boost the Search Engine Ranking: Google and other search engines aim to create a secure web. So, search engines now favor SSL-secured HTTPS websites and discourage insecure ones in the search results. If your WordPress website doesn’t have an SSL certificate installed, you are missing something significant regarding SEO and staying away from potential customers. Gain the trust of your users: If users see the secured PADLOCK and HTTPS connection in the URL, they are assured that your website is secured. Now you are gaining the trust of your potential customers. They are confident to purchase your product or service. Documentation Please click here for the documentation. Support and Report a Bug Please check the existing topics in the WordPress support forum before creating a new topic for support or reporting a bug. ‘AUTO-INSTALL FREE SSL’ IN YOUR LANGUAGE? Translations can be added easily here if you want to translate in your language. Credits Let’s Encrypt™ I developed this plugin based on the PHP client/app ‘FreeSSL.tech Auto’, which I developed with a massive rewrite of Lescript. cPanel Let’s Encrypt™ is a trademark of the Internet Security Research Group. All rights reserved.

WP Force SSL helps you redirect insecure HTTP traffic to secure HTTPS and fix SSL errors without touching any code. Activate Force SSL and everything will be set and SSL enabled. The entire site will move to HTTPS using your SSL certificate. It works with any SSL certificate. It can be free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt or a paid SSL certificate. How to add SSL & enable SSL? Most hosting companies support the free SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt, so login to your hosting panel and add SSL certificate. You’ll see a button labeled “Add SSL Certificate” or “Add Let’s Encrypt Certificate” and after that it’s 1 click to have the SSL enabled on your site with WP Force SSL. If that doesn’t work get WP Force SSL PRO and it’ll generate free SSL certificate for your site. And will regenerate SSL certificate every 90 days. Access WP Force SSL settings via the main Settings menu -> WP Force SSL. SSL Tests available in the plugin is site on localhost? check SSL certificate check SSL certificate expiry date is latest version of Force SSL used? are known incompatible SSL plugins active? is WP address URL set for SSL? is WP home URL set for SSL? is SSL monitoring enabled (pro feature) is HTTPS redirection working? is file redirection working (pro feature) is HSTS enabled? check mixed-content issue (pro feature) is htaccess available & writable? is 404 redirection enabled (pro feature) Settings redirect HTTP to HTTPS fix mixed-content (pro) enable HSTS force secure cookies (pro) cross-site scripting protection (pro) expect CT header X-Frame options show WP Force SSL menu in admin bar show WP Force SSL widget in admin dashboard SSL certificate testing tool WP Force SSL comes with an SSL certificate testing tool. It tests if the SSL certificate is valid, properly installed & up-to date. Need support? We’re here for you! Things get frustrating when they don’t work so make sure you open a support topic in the official Force SSL forum. We answer all questions within a few hours! External Assets A big thank you to SweetAlert2 authors which we use to make alerts nicer. And to DepositPhotos for the lovely header image.