SSL
Published On: May 19, 2021/Last Updated May 19, 2021
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is a protocol for establishing authenticated and encrypted links between networked computers. Meaning; The data sent over the Internet from a website is authenticated, encrypted, and then decrypted at its destination in order to protect and secure that information.
WDS builds have auto SSLs and on WordPress The SSL gets set up when the site is published to a live domain.
My site is showing as insecure
There are a couple things that might cause a site to show as not secure.
- The auto SSL failed.
- This can happen on occasion. The solution is fairly simple. If you toggle the primary domain to a temporary URL and then back to the normal domain, this will generate a new certificate installation.
This can take up to 30 minutes to set up. Please make sure you follow the guide on flushing the cache as well as looking in an incognito or private window before opening a ticket for the builders to further troubleshoot.
- This can happen on occasion. The solution is fairly simple. If you toggle the primary domain to a temporary URL and then back to the normal domain, this will generate a new certificate installation.
- Mixed Content.
- This is not as common of an issue as it was in the past, but can still happen. Most of the time, if you go into the beaver builder editor of the page showing a mixed content error and republish, the error will resolve itself.
More advanced issues can be solved with a 3rd party search and replace plugin, such as Really Simple SSL, that will find all the instances of “http://” and replace it with “https://”. However, this can more often be solved by republishing the site from the above auto SSL step.
- This is not as common of an issue as it was in the past, but can still happen. Most of the time, if you go into the beaver builder editor of the page showing a mixed content error and republish, the error will resolve itself.