Auto-Install Free SSL

Auto-Install Free SSL

With over 390 five-star reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and a 4.9 out of 5 stars average rating, ‘Auto-Install Free SSL’ empowers you to generate Free SSL Certificates in your WordPress dashboard effortlessly. This plugin helps secure your website and saves you money.

Let’s Encrypt™ SSL Certificate is FREE. But they provide it through their API. If you are not a programmer, you need to study and practice programming for years to be able to use the API of Let’s Encrypt™ to generate a single Free SSL Certificate for your WordPress website.

Here is where ‘Auto-Install Free SSL’ comes into play. This WordPress plugin provides a hassle-free way to obtain and install the Let’s Encrypt™ free SSL certificate for your website. You don’t need programming or coding experience to set it up. With this plugin, you don’t need to spend hours configuring SSL or waste money purchasing SSL certificates. All you need is a few minutes.

Minimum System Requirements

• Linux or Windows hosting
• WordPress 4.1
• PHP 5.6
• OpenSSL extension
• Curl extension
• The website should be assigned to a domain name (e.g., example.com) accessible online.
• Ensure your web server can serve static files – a standard feature in most web servers.

Free plugin features

• Domain Ownership Verification.
• Generate and renew Free SSL Certificate.
• One-click Download the generated SSL certificate, Private key, and CA Bundle files.
• Video tutorial on cPanel: (1) How to upload HTTP-01 challenge files to verify domain ownership. (2) How to Install the Free SSL Certificate.
• Written tutorial on Plesk for the above two topics.
• One-click Force SSL activation, i.e., HTTPS redirect, fix insecure links and mixed content warning, display the padlock in the browser’s address bar with ONLY ONE CLICK.
• One-click revert to HTTP if required.
• Automatic renewal reminder by email and admin notice before the SSL expiry date.
• Automatic account registration with Let’s Encrypt™.
• Automatic CSR (Certificate Signing Request) generation.

The free https SSL certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt™ expires in 90 days. They recommend renewing 30 days before expiry. Please check the FAQ section to learn why the lifetime is 90 days.

 Use this plugin only for HTTPS redirects too. 

If your WordPress website has an SSL certificate installed and you are looking ONLY for Force SSL activation (i.e., HTTPS redirect, fix insecure content), you can use the FREE version.

Premium plugin features

• Automatic Verification of Domain Ownership.
• Automatic Generation of Free SSL Certificate.
• Automatic Installation of Free SSL Security Certificate (cPanel or root access is required for this automation). [However, if you have neither cPanel nor root access, we’ll Install the SSL manually for the first time and provide documentation on how to install SSL manually].
• Automatic Renewal of Free SSL Certificate (30 days before expiry).
• Automatic Cron Job. No need to set the Cron Job manually.
• Automatic account registration with Let’s Encrypt™.
• Automatic CSR (Certificate Signing Request) generation.
• One-click Force SSL activation.
• One-click revert to HTTP if required.
• One-to-one Premium Support.
• SSL installation training for non-cPanel websites.
• Automatic WildCard SSL certificate for free! (Generation and installation of an SSL certificate for a domain that covers all its sub-domains.)
• Automatically sets the DNS TXT record to verify the domain and generate free wildcard SSL certificates (supported DNS service providers: Cloudflare, Godaddy, Namecheap, and cPanel.)
• Supports Multisite.
• Works on all the websites hosted on a cPanel / web hosting.
• If needed, you can revoke any SSL certificate and change your Let’s Encrypt™ account key.

(The last five features are available for the unlimited sites license only.)

If your WordPress website is hosted on a VPS or dedicated server and you don’t have cPanel, Automatic Installation of the Free SSL Certificate is still possible. Please get in touch with us after purchase.

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