{"id":24299,"date":"2022-02-02T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-do-i-enable-ssl-on-my-website\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:33:34","slug":"wordpress-how-do-i-enable-ssl-on-my-website","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/wordpress-how-do-i-enable-ssl-on-my-website\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress: How do I enable SSL on my website ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>This guide provides your with steps to change your site from HTTP to HTTPS \u00a0on new and old WordPress sites.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>How do you know if SSL is enabled on my site ?<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The signs that a website has been secured with SSL are a padlock icon before the domain name in the address bar. Unsecured sites have an \u24d8 \u00a0icon \u2013 and possibly \u201cNot Secure\u201d before the domain name:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib aligncenter\" style=\"width: 561px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038663914\/original\/6CNbA6QgcX_zyL2O-DmA-BIk5GNy-ufN3Q.png?1585056394\" data-attachment=\"[object Object]\" data-id=\"33038663914\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>How to activate HTTPS on your website<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>New Website :<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">For new websites you would go to the admin area of your new WordPress installation and click on Settings.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Then update your WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) to \u00a0https:\/\/<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered aligncenter\" style=\"width: 676px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038664918\/original\/QKtYnMEtcKuHKOChYDUNoUhsIGIqqdG6pQ.png?1585057462\" data-id=\"33038664909\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: initial; text-align: initial; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Established<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>\u00a0Website:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">For established websites which has already been indexed by Google you would need to redirect your HTTP to HTTPS.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">You will download and install a plugin called <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/velvet-blues-update-urls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Velvet Blues Update URLs<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered aligncenter\" style=\"width: 718px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038668559\/original\/vf3D-Sd289yV7EUEolNVjdlWWWjGBnylWQ.png?1585060806\" data-id=\"33038668535\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered aligncenter\" style=\"width: 718px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33038669244\/original\/M33V_Yyu7H5XIp0aaL7UDkbQd-Dwik8urw.png?1585061596\" data-id=\"33038669187\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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