How to configure WordPress to use my own private SSL certificate?

July 6, 2021 . 1 MIN READ

If you have a private SSL installed for your domain, you can make WordPress run over SSL by following these steps:

Step 1: Configure WordPress to work through https

Log into your WordPress site as administrator, go to Settings ->  General and in the field ‘WordPress Address (URL):’ change the ‘http://’ to ‘https://’. Once you do this your visitors will be able to access your website both with and without SSL.

Step 2: Fix non-secure items on your site

Next, install the SSL Insecure Content Fixer plugin to your application. It will handle all the included elements and fix non-https resources in case such exist. Make sure to check the plugins settings if it doesn’t work out-of-the-box.

Step 3(optional): Force your website to be accessed only through https

Finally, if you want your site to be accessed only through https, please check our article on how to force https with a simple .htaccess rule.

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