How to Get a Free SSL Certificate for Your WordPress Website Beginner’s Guide

SSL certificates are a must for any website that handles sensitive information such as credit card numbers or personal data. However, they can be expensive and difficult to obtain. In this article, we will show you how to get a free SSL certificate for your WordPress website.

The first step is to install and activate the free SSL certificate plugin. There are many plugins available, but we recommend the free SSL for WordPress plugin.

Once the plugin is installed and activated, you will need to generate a private key and a CSR. To generate a private key, you will need to open a terminal or command prompt and run the following command:

openssl genrsa -out yourdomain.com.key 2048

This will create a private key file called yourdomain.com.key.

Next, you will need to generate a CSR. To do this, run the following command:

openssl req -new -key yourdomain.com.key -out yourdomain.com.csr

This will create a CSR file called yourdomain.com.csr.

Now, you will need to submit the CSR to a certificate authority (CA) in order to get a SSL certificate.

Once you have received the SSL certificate, you will need to install it on your server. To do this, you will need to open a terminal or command prompt and run the following command:

cat yourdomain.com.crt > /etc/pki/tls/certs/yourdomain.com.crt

This will install the SSL certificate on your server.

Next, you will need to configure your web server to use the SSL certificate. To do this, you will need to open a terminal or command prompt and run the following command:

sudo a2enmod ssl

This will enable SSL support on your web server.

Finally, you will need to configure your WordPress website to use the SSL certificate. To do this, you will need to open a terminal or command prompt and run the following command:

sudo a2enconf ssl

This will configure SSL support on your WordPress website.

That’s it! You have now successfully installed a free SSL certificate on your WordPress website.