How to Install SSL Certificate on cPanel for your WordPress Blog – Generate CSR and CRT

HTTP over SSL is one of the criteria for Google to put your search result page at the top of the result. I gave it a try and enabled HTTPS (SSL) on https://crunchify.com.

In this tutorial we will go over all detailed steps on how to enable SSL (HTTPS) on your WordPress Blog. If you have below questions then you are at right place:

• How to Add SSL and HTTPS in WordPress
• How to Use SSL and HTTPS with WordPress
• Using an SSL with Your WordPress Admin Control Panel
• How to configure WordPress Security to use my own private SSL Certificate?
• The easiest way to add SSL to your WordPress Site
• how to setup ssl certificate on apache

Here are major steps:

1. Buy SSL Certificate (Step 1 below)
2. Generate Certificate and Install it into your cPanel (Step 2 to 12 below)
3. Enable SSL (Step 13 to 15 below)

Let’s get started:

Step-1

Purchase SSL Certificate. At NameCheap you can get Comodo PositiveSSL Certificate for only $9.00/year. Between I just got it for $1.99 for 1st year. Try to chat with live person and he/she will help you get cert for just $1.99.

Step-2

Login to cPanel. Click on SSL/TLS Manager.

Step-3

Click on Generate, view, upload, or delete your private keys

Step-4

Select Key Size and Provide Description and click Generate new Private Key.

Step-5

You should be able to see generated Private Key.

Step-6

• Now go back to cPanel
• Click on SSL/TLS Manager and click on Generate a New Certificate Signing Request.
• Provide all mentioned details below and click on Generate.

Step-7

• You should be able to see your CSR.
• Copy that. You need to provide it to your NameCheap account.

Step-8

• Login to NameCheap Account
• Click on your username
• Click on Product List
• You should see your SSL Certificates right side panel

Activate SSL cert by clicking Activate Button.

Step-9

• Paste CSR which you got in Step-7
• Select Apache,Nginx,cPanel or Other option for Server Type
• Click Submit

Step-10

• Select your admin email on which you will get approval email
• Click Next
• On Next screen provide company name and click submit
• Complete Step 3 and Step 4.

Step-11

• You will receive 1st email for Validation: Follow approval steps and approve your SSL certificate request mentioned in email.
• Once approved – you will receive 2nd and 3rd email with your Certificate in that (.zip file).

Step-12

• Download .zip file. Extract it and Copy certificate.
• Go to cPanel
• SSL/TLS Manager
• Click on 3rd link for Certificates (CRT)
• Upload Or Paste a New Certificate
• Click on Save Certificate

Once done you will see it uploaded successfully on Server. Checkout screenshot.

Step-13

• Now Next Step is to Install it.

Just click on Install link which you see in above image.

Step-14

Finally you should see success message.

Step-15

Now go to your admin panel

• Click on Settings
• Go to General Setting
• Change URL from http to https for both WordPress Address and Site Address

And you are all set. Try visiting your site over https and you should see green padlock in browser.