{"id":1261,"date":"2026-10-03T17:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:35:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:35:57","slug":"ssl-and-https-free-certificate-and-not-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/ssl-and-https-free-certificate-and-not-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"SSL and HTTPS: Get Your Free Certificate and Fix &#8220;Not Secure&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every Yegara hosting account includes a free SSL certificate, which is what turns <code>http:\/\/<\/code> into <code>https:\/\/<\/code> and removes the &#8220;Not Secure&#8221; warning. This guide shows how to issue it and what to check when the warning stays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group yg-toc is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"yg-toc-title wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On this page<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#how-the-free-certificate-works\">How the free certificate works<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#issue-the-certificate-in-cpanel\">Issue the certificate in cPanel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#issue-the-certificate-in-directadmin\">Issue the certificate in DirectAdmin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#make-your-site-use-https\">Make your site use HTTPS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#still-not-secure-check-these\">Still &#8220;Not Secure&#8221;? Check these<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#good-to-know\">Good to know<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-the-free-certificate-works\">How the free certificate works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The certificate is installed automatically, usually within an hour or two of the account being created.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can only be issued once your domain points to your hosting. If you just registered the domain or changed its nameservers, wait for the change to take effect first.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can also issue it yourself at any time, as shown below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"issue-the-certificate-in-cpanel\">Issue the certificate in cPanel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In cPanel, go to <strong>Security<\/strong> and open <strong>SSL\/TLS Status<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Run AutoSSL<\/strong> and wait a few minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-1024x331.png\" alt=\"The Run AutoSSL button on the SSL\/TLS Status page in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-1024x331.png 1024w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1-768x248.png 768w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-1.png 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More screenshots are in <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-fix-the-not-secure-warning\/\">How to Issue an SSL Certificate and Fix the &#8220;Not Secure&#8221; Warning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"issue-the-certificate-in-directadmin\">Issue the certificate in DirectAdmin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In DirectAdmin, open the <strong>SSL Certificates<\/strong> menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Get automatic certificate from ACME Provider<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong> and wait until it finishes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Screenshots are in <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-issue-ssl-in-directadmin\/\">How to Issue SSL in DirectAdmin<\/a>. The same steps apply to a free .pro.et site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"make-your-site-use-https\">Make your site use HTTPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A certificate alone does not redirect visitors. Once it is issued, force HTTPS in one of these ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WordPress:<\/strong> under Settings, General, change both site addresses from http to https.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>cPanel:<\/strong> open Domains and turn on <strong>Force HTTPS Redirect<\/strong> for the domain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Any site:<\/strong> add a redirect rule to your <code>.htaccess<\/code> file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-4-1024x246.png\" alt=\"The Force HTTPS Redirect switch on the Domains page in cPanel\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-4-1024x246.png 1024w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-4-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-4-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-4-1536x369.png 1536w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-4-1200x288.png 1200w, https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/image-4.png 1847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Force HTTPS Redirect on the Domains page in cPanel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact steps and the .htaccess code are in <a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-fix-the-not-secure-warning\/\">the &#8220;Not Secure&#8221; guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"still-not-secure-check-these\">Still &#8220;Not Secure&#8221;? Check these<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You changed DNS or nameservers recently.<\/strong> The certificate cannot be issued until the domain points to your hosting everywhere. Wait for the change to spread, then issue it again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Your domain points somewhere else.<\/strong> If the A record points to another host, the certificate has to come from that host, not from us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>You use Cloudflare.<\/strong> Cloudflare issues the certificate your visitors see, so cPanel does not issue an extra one. Check the SSL settings in Cloudflare.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The page has a padlock warning but opens with https.<\/strong> Some images or scripts on the page are still loaded over http. Update those links to https.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DirectAdmin keeps emailing you about a failed certificate renewal.<\/strong> Send us your domain name. This is usually a certificate setting we can correct for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"good-to-know\">Good to know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The included certificate is a standard domain-validated certificate. We do not offer organisation-validated (OV) or extended-validation (EV) certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading yg-related-title\">Related guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list yg-related\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-fix-the-not-secure-warning\/\">How to Issue an SSL Certificate and Fix the &#8220;Not Secure&#8221; Warning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-issue-ssl-in-directadmin\/\">How to Issue SSL in DirectAdmin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-disable-the-cloudflare-proxy\/\">How to Disable the Cloudflare Proxy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How the free SSL certificate works on Yegara hosting, how to issue it in cPanel or DirectAdmin, how to force HTTPS, and what to check when your site still shows Not Secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,25,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel","category-directadmin","category-how-to","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}