The Importance of SSL in Today’s Web Environment
It’s become commonplace for a majority of internet users to share personal information on the internet.
With the disregard for protecting personal data becoming second nature, how do we protect ourselves and our users? That’s where the power of SSL comes in.
If your site requires users to submit any valuable or fragile information, then having an SSL certificate is a must-have. Below you’ll learn what SSL actually is and how you can install your SSL certificate on your WordPress site.
Quick answer: SSL (now technically TLS) encrypts the connection between your visitors and your WordPress site, protects sensitive data in transit, and is required for modern browser trust signals, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, and Google’s baseline ranking expectations. Every WordPress site should serve traffic over HTTPS.
Understanding SSL: The Basics
What is SSL? Having a secure website is an absolute necessity these days. SSL is the current web standard for exchanging information securely between a website and a user. Most information traveling over the web can be easily accessed anytime by people who know what they’re doing. You know, like hackers and the government.
Since this is such a common occurrence, the
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