{"id":20661,"date":"2020-11-30T04:47:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=20661"},"modified":"2023-01-18T10:07:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T02:07:47","slug":"free-ssl-lets-encrypt-installation-on-wordpress-hosting","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/free-ssl-lets-encrypt-installation-on-wordpress-hosting","title":{"rendered":"Free SSL (Lets Encrypt) Installation on WordPress Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20661\" class=\"elementor elementor-20661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acc9411 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acc9411\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ea21bf\" data-id=\"2ea21bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a448248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a448248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Free SSL (Lets Encrypt) Installation on WordPress Hosting<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db027b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db027b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>Make sure that your <strong>domain name DNS<\/strong> is <strong>pointed to the WordPress server<\/strong> as provided in the activation form before starting installing the free SSL. After that, you can check the DNS for your domain using online tools such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsmydns.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" link=\"external\" class=\"broken_link\">DNS Checker<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intodns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">intoDNS<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19d442b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19d442b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1. Firstly, log in to your <strong>Plesk Control Panel<\/strong>\u00a0as provided in the hosting\u00a0<strong>Activation Form<\/strong>. As per\u00a0<strong>Figure 1.1<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04716b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04716b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress01.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-060c38a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"060c38a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 1.1: Login Plesk Control Panel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c7921c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c7921c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. Next, enable the SSL on your domain.<\/p><p>Go to &gt;\u00a0<strong>Hosting Setting<\/strong>\u00a0in Plesk. As shown in\u00a0<strong>Figure 2.1<\/strong>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e03b6b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e03b6b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress02.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd6a09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfd6a09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 2.1: Open Hosting Setting<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86d44b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86d44b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Make sure both the\u00a0<strong>\u201cSSL\/TLS Support \u201cand \u201cPermanent<\/strong><strong>\u00a0SEO-safe 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS\u00a0\u201c\u00a0<\/strong>are<strong>\u00a0Enabled<\/strong>.\u00a0 As shown in <strong>Figure 2.2,\u00a0<\/strong>and then<strong>\u00a0Click On OK\u00a0<\/strong>to save the settings.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae9955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fae9955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress03-1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50a7ae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50a7ae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 2.2: Save the settings<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-076a9bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"076a9bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. Then Install <strong>(Let\u2019s Encrypt)\u00a0<\/strong>on your Domain:<\/p><ul><li>Go to\u00a0<strong>(Let\u2019s Encrypt)\u00a0<\/strong>feature in your Plesk<strong>. As shown in\u00a0Figure 3.1:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4613c5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4613c5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress04-1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd76141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd76141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 3.1: Install Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b421236 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b421236\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Select the checkboxes for the <strong>www.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0webmail.<\/strong>, then click on\u00a0<strong>Install<\/strong>. As shown in\u00a0<strong>Figure 3.2<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Figure 3.3:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3205107 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3205107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress05-1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c23a0f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c23a0f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 3.2: Select check boxes for www. and webmail the install<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b500d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b500d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress06-1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1355c48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1355c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 3.3: Installation of the domain<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5520725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5520725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>4. The SSL has been installed on your domain you can test by browsing your domain with\u00a0<strong>https:\/\/yourdomain.casbay.com<\/strong>\u00a0as per the example below in\u00a0<strong>Figure 4.1:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb2929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fb2929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress07-1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa95f50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa95f50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Figure 4.1: Test by browsing your domain<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8255c29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8255c29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/what-is-a-canonical-tag\">Click<\/a> to check out more articles on the topic: WordPress Hosting<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free SSL (Lets Encrypt) Installation on WordPress Hosting Note: Make sure that your domain name DNS is pointed to the WordPress server as provided in the activation form before starting installing the free SSL. 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