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Quick Steps to Protect Your WordPress Site’s Login & Admin Panel Using a Secure HTTPS Connection<\/strong><\/h2>\n

WordPress is among the easiest CMS (Content Management System) to use. More than 30% of websites and blogs on the internet are made using WordPress.<\/p>\n

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WordPress is a secure CMS, but still, it often becomes the target of cyberattacks. Henceforth, such incidents of WordPress sites getting attacked proves that you shouldn’t take WordPress website security lightly. Likewise, it’s required to keep your WordPress Admin area and its Login page secure to avoid such cyber-attacks. And one such way is by enabling the FORCE_SSL option, so you can prevent yourself from getting exposed to cyberattacks like “Man-in-the-middle attacks.”<\/p>\n

Hasn’t Google Made It Mandatory to Have an SSL\/TLS Certificate?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Google has made it compulsory to have an SSL\/TLS certificate installed. But sometimes, even after you install an SSL\/TLS certificate<\/a>, some issues arise, and your site doesn’t load on HTTPS. For example, if you haven’t forced the HTTP version website to load on a secure HTTPS connection, your site visitors may still see the HTTP version.<\/p>\n

At least, you should force the Login and Admin panel to load over SSL. And, having the FORCE_SSL option enabled, the WordPress site will force your Login and Admin panel to load using SSL. And the URL of the Login form and Admin panel will always load using HTTPS:\/\/.<\/p>\n

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How to Enable & Use Force_SSL Option Within Your WordPress Website<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Go through the below steps to enable the Force_SSL option:<\/p>\n

Download & Edit wp-config.php File<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Download the wp-config.php file from your website and open it using your favorite text editor, such as notepad.<\/p>\n

Here’s the Steps to Download wp-config.php File<\/strong><\/h4>\n