304 – Adding an SSL Certificate to Your Site

Announcements No announcements this week Is there a plugin for that? With more than 43,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, it’s hard to find the perfect one. Each week, I will highlight an interesting plugin form the repository. For more great plugins, download my 50 Most Useful Plugins eBook. Pixel Your Site allows you to insert the new Facebook Pixel on WordPress, add Standard Events, enjoy superb WooCommerce Facebook Pixel integration Adding an SSL Certificate to Your Site Setting up HTTPS on your website is very easy, just follow these 5 simple steps: 1. Host with a dedicated IP address 2. Buy a certificate 3. Activate the certificate 4. Install the certificate 5. Update your wp-admin to use HTTPS 6. Use the WordPress HTTP (SSL) to get one page encrypted 7. Fix any mixed content warnings found at WhyNoPadlock.com 8. Fix relative protocol. Instead of http:// just use // 9. Force https everywhere 10. Keep an eye on your site and make sure no http elements get on any pages Find and replace in database UPDATE tablename SET 'fieldname' = REPLACE 'fieldname', ‘Item to replace here’, ‘Replacement text here’); Things to check for http:// items – Check Menus – Check static images in your site – Check hard coded things in your theme or plugins Force HTTPS Everywhere // Require https if ($_SERVER['HTTPS'] != "on") { $url = "https://". $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; header("Location: $url"); exit; } server { listen 80; server_name yoursite.com www.yoursite.com; return 301 https://yoursite.com$request_uri; Thank You! Thank you to those who use my affiliate links. As you know I make a small commission when someone uses my link and I want to say thank you to the following people. For all my recommended resources, go to my Resources Page Call To Action Upgrade to an SSL certificate today 🙂 Get a free one at Flywheel View on YourWebsiteEngineer.com