{"id":237,"date":"2021-05-14T07:54:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T07:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/?p=237"},"modified":"2025-06-29T10:51:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:51:04","slug":"how-to-fix-the-not-secure-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-fix-the-not-secure-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Issue SSL certificate and Fix The “Not Secure” Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An SSL certificate is used to establish an encrypted connection between a server and a client, like a web server and a browser, ensuring secure communication.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SSL certificates protect sensitive information from being intercepted by hackers or malicious actors.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

1\/ Install SSL Certificate <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your cPanel account at Yegara Host comes with a free SSL. The certificates are automatically installed for you within an hour or two. But some people immediately need an SSL certificate before the auto-installer runs, you can follow the steps below to install it immediately<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a. In your cPanel go to\u00a0SSL\/TLS<\/strong>\u00a0Status under\u00a0Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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b. Click on RUN AutoSSL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This may take a few minutes to run, at the end you will have an SSL certificate for your domain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2\/ Force your site To use HTTPS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now that you have a valid SSL issued for your domain, you will have to force your site to use HTTPS. Most CMS including WordPress has a built-in way to handle that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Option 1: WordPress<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

a. Login to your WordPress Dashboard<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

b. go to\u00a0Settings \u00bb General<\/strong>\u00a0page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

c. update your WordPress and site URL address by replacing http<\/strong> with https.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

d. Then click on “Save Changes<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Option 2: Force SSL In Your .htaccess File<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As a general rule of thumb, your .htaccess file<\/strong> should be the main place to set redirects. Add the below code to your .htaccess file and your site should start to use HTTPS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>\nRewriteEngine On\nRewriteCond %{HTTPS} off\nRewriteRule ^(.*)$ https:\/\/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]\n<\/IfModule><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Option 3: cPanel Built-in Force HTTPS <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
cPanel has recently added a feature that will allow you to do that easier. By using this option the redirection is built into the domain\u2019s vhost configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a. In your cPanel open \u00a0Domains <\/strong> menu<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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b- click the slider switch under the Force HTTPS Redirect<\/strong> column next to the domain you want to enable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That is it, Now your site should be using HTTPS . <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You are Done!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you are not able to issue SSL Certificates , make sure that your domain name is pointing to the cPanel.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • If you are using cloudflare , the SSL Certificate will be automatically issues for you by cloudflare . cPanel will not issue additional certificate. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    An SSL certificate is used to establish an encrypted connection between a server and a client, like a web server and a browser, ensuring secure communication. SSL certificates protect sensitive information from being intercepted by hackers or malicious actors. 1\/ Install SSL Certificate Your cPanel account at Yegara Host comes with a free SSL. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpanel","category-how-to","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}