A step by step guide to get A Free SSL for WordPress website

Now days, you will see websites begin with https:// in the URL with a padlock saying connection is secure, that’s because the website use SSL certificate. Google and other search engines has been working vigilantly to make the web search safer and also marking websites a “Not Secured”, who don’t have SSL installed.

It has now become a must have and search ranking factor to serve your website and visitors with SSL/https and also to show your visitors that their information is safe while browsing.

Earlier, we used to pay a bomb of money to buy SSL and their integration was very hard to understand for a layman. But, now Cloudflare is offering a free SSL certificates for domain name.

A step by step guide for setting up your Cloudflare Flexible SSL

Step 1: Sign up an account in Cloudflare

Step 2: After creating an account, add your site

Step 3: Select a Free Cloudflare Plan

Step 4: in DNS query page, select continue

Step 5: Now your website is added

Step 6: Now change Nameservers to your Domain

Step 7: Login to your Domain account and Click DNS

Step 8: Change your Nameservers from default to Custom

Step 9: Enter or paste the New NS details from Cloudflare

Step 10: Click continue in Cloudflare after changing Nameservers in your Domain account

Step 11: Install Cloudflare Flexible SSL Plugin in your WordPress account and activate

Step 12: Now go to Crypto in Cloudflare and Switch on Always Use Https

Step 13: It’s all done, check after few hours and your website is fully activated and integrated with free SSL