Simple SSL Redirects vs SSL Zen

If your site has an SSL certificate you might find that you can access the site via both SSL (https) and non-SSL (http) URLs. This is a bad idea for security, and for SEO, as it can look like duplicate content on different URLs. The answer to this is to redirect requests to non-SSL (http) URLs over to their SSL (https) equivalents using something called a 301 redirect. This tells the client (and search engines) that the resource they are looking for should always be accessed over SSL. This plugin offers two methods to achieve this: By intercepting WordPress pages at header time, and if they are not already being requested over HTTPS sending a 301 redirect header, or By adding mod_rewrite rules in the .htaccess file to redirect all requests to their HTTPS equivalents using 301 redirects. Optionally, this plugin can also set HSTS headers for you, and make sure that all requests use the same hostname (i.e. fixing the issue where many sites can be accessed using both www. and non-www. URLs).

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.