{"id":732,"date":"2019-09-06T17:49:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheapsslsecurity.com\/p\/?p=732"},"modified":"2021-09-22T09:28:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:28:22","slug":"do-i-need-an-ssl-certificate-for-my-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheapsslsecurity.com\/p\/do-i-need-an-ssl-certificate-for-my-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I Need an SSL Certificate for My WordPress Website?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We see these types of questions all the time: \u201cDo I need an SSL certificate<\/a>?\u201d \u201cdo I need SSL\u00a0for my WordPress website?\u201d and \u201cDo I need SSL for my website?\u201d<\/p>\n

The answer to all three? Yes!
\nAnyway, let\u2019s talk about why you need an SSL certificate for your WordPress website.<\/p>\n

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Why Do I Need an SSL Certificate on WordPress?<\/h2>\n

HTTPS is No Longer Optional \u2014 It\u2019s Mandatory<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s start out with why you must have an SSL certificate; then we\u2019ll talk about why you SHOULD have one on your WordPress website. As of July 2018, ALL websites are required to have an SSL certificate installed and be served via HTTPS. Not complying with this requirement results in the browsers putting an ugly \u201cNot Secure\u201d warning in your visitors\u2019 address bars.<\/p>\n

Not only is such a tacky message unfashionable, it\u2019s also a real traffic killer. The browsers will also warn people if they try to input text into a text field on a non-HTTPS website. That kills conversions. And when traffic and conversions die, that kills websites. Don\u2019t kill your website.<\/p>\n

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Compliance Demands It<\/h3>\n

Regardless of where you are, you\u2019re likely beholden to some sort of regulation. And almost categorically, all modern data security standards require organizations to use encryption for data in transit. They\u2019re written to be technology neutral. But make no mistake about it \u2014 the only way to accomplish this is with an SSL\/TLS certificate from a trusted certificate authority<\/a> (CA).<\/p>\n

We probably don\u2019t need to remind you that non-compliance comes with plenty of penalties. Regardless of whether it\u2019s GDPR<\/a> (EU), PCI DSS<\/a> (international payment card industry), HIPAA<\/a> (US healthcare), FIPS<\/a> (U.S. non-military government agencies), ISO<\/a> (international), CCPA<\/a> (California consumers, US), PIPEDA<\/a> (Canadian citizens) \u2014all of these acronym regulations require you to secure your internet connections.<\/p>\n

SSL Certificates Secure Your Connections<\/h3>\n

Internet connections are not secure. That\u2019s actually by design. When they created the internet, it wasn\u2019t being used for commercial business, so secure connections weren\u2019t really a priority. Nowadays, that couldn\u2019t be further from the case. Securing connections is now essential.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why, on the way to connecting with your intended destination, your connection routes through dozens of other points. You have no way of knowing that all of those points have been secured. And if you\u2019re not using SSL, the data being transmitted to and from your website is being sent through all of those points in plaintext. This article is being written in plaintext. So, obviously, data passing through in plaintext is trivial to steal.<\/p>\n

SSL certificates facilitate encryption. Now instead of all that data being transmitted in plaintext, it\u2019s being encrypted before transit and decrypted upon arrival. To anyone that\u2019s eavesdropping it all just looks like gobbledy-gook.<\/p>\n

Now, think about the data you transact with every day. Personal data, financial data, healthcare information \u2013 anything of value. Even information that may not be valuable to you might be valuable to someone else! Regardless, it needs to be protected. Not just from the standpoint of \u201cit\u2019s the right thing to do,\u201d but from a compliance standpoint, too.<\/p>\n

Even If You Don\u2019t Collect Personal Info, You Still Need SSL<\/h3>\n

Beyond the whole \u201cNot Secure\u201d<\/a> warning, there\u2019s one other reason you need an SSL certificate even if you don\u2019t collect ANY personal information or sensitive data: You need to secure your login page.<\/p>\n

Everyone needs to log in to their own WordPress website. After all, how else would you update it? Well, if that page isn\u2019t encrypted, then it would be pretty easy for a hacker to sit there and wait for you to come along and enter your credentials. Now your website is compromised. And it\u2019s all because you didn\u2019t encrypt that page and sent your login ID and password via plaintext.<\/p>\n

So, even if you don\u2019t think you need an SSL certificate \u2014 you do.<\/p>\n

Luckily, you\u2019ve come to the right place. We can get help you add HTTPS security to your WordPress website<\/a> and have put together a helpful step-by-step guide that will walk you through the process. And if you don\u2019t already have an SSL certificate, we can help with that as well.<\/p>\n

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We see these types of questions all the time: \u201cDo I need an SSL certificate?\u201d \u201cdo I need SSL\u00a0for my WordPress website?\u201d and \u201cDo I need SSL for my website?\u201d The answer to all three? Yes! Anyway, let\u2019s talk about … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ssl-basics","tag-wordpress"],"yoast_head":"\nDo I Need an SSL Certificate for My WordPress Website? - Cheap SSL Security<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you find yourself asking "Do I need an SSL certificate for my WordPress site?" the answer is YES! 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