SSL and its importance:
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. It is a standard technology which establishes encryption between the web server and the web client. If you use SSL for your site, it will be difficult to hack your site. Millions of websites are using SSL to protect their transaction details and their customers. You can easily address whether the site is secured or not by noticing https:// in the address bar. SSL will help in establishing trust with the customers. In this article, we will show you how to enable SSL in WordPress.
Enable SSL in WordPress:
Follow the below steps to enable SSL in WordPress.
Step 1:
Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
Step 2:
Click the ‘Settings‘ in the navigation menu and then click the section ‘General‘.
Step 3:
In the WordPress Address tab, fill the https address of the website.
Step 4:
Fill the https address in the Site Address field also. You can see the WordPress message below from that bar “Enter the address here if you want your site homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress“, then click save changes button in the bottom of the page.
When you finished saving the settings, you can see a message “settings saved” on the current window. That’s it.
We hope that this article will help you to enable SSL in WordPress. Now your WordPress site is connected to a secured connection. For more information. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. For video tutorials. subscribe to our YouTube channel ServerCake India.