Make Your WordPress Website Fully HTTPS Secure (in 5 STEPS)
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to make your WordPress website fully HTTPS secure!
Having a website that shows as "secure" is a must these days. Not only from a security standpoint but also because of how it reflects on you, your website and your clients websites. Additionally, Google continues to favor sites that are HTTPS so it can make a huge impact in regards to SEO.
While there are many aspects at play, generally, I've found a few important factors to be in place to show a site as fully HTTPS secure.
Here are my 5 Steps to Make Sure Your WordPress Website is HTTPS Secure:
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - 1) Enable SSL Certificate via Your Host
02:07 - 2) Install WordPress Securely with HTTPS
02:50 - 3) Force HTTPS on-site via SiteGround's Optimizer or a plugin like Really Simple SSL
04:50 - 4) Update all image and media file paths with Velvet Blues Plugin
06:40 - 5) Double check all on-site file paths to make sure they're HTTPS
09:39 - 5 Step Recap
Note: Sometimes just the first few steps will do the trick but if you get past step 3 and you just can't seem to get your site fully secure, try step 4 and 5!
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