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Let’s Encrypt releases ACME v2 with Support for Wildcard Certificates

Wildcard certificates allow you to secure all subdomains of a domain with a single certificate. Wildcard certificates can make certificate management easier in some cases, and we want to address those cases in order to help get the Web to 100% HTTPS. We still recommend non-wildcard certificates for most use cases.

Source: ACME v2 and Wildcard Certificate Support is Live

This is something we’ve been waiting for at CALI so we can move Classcaster to HTTPS. I think it’s also going to be great for folks like me who like having a domain for everything. With wildcard support we should be able to encrypt all the web pages.

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Adding Free SSL Certificate and HTTPS to WordPress with Let’s Encrypt and Certbot – WPMU DEV

Installing an SSL certificate on your domain is an essential step you should take to secure your WordPress site and now with Let’s Encrypt you can get one for free. An SSL certificate encrypts the connection between your site and your visitors’ browser so hackers can’t intercept and steal personal information. Normally, SSL certificates can be cumbersome to install and can get expensive, but this is changing fast.

Source: Adding Free SSL Certificate and HTTPS to WordPress with Let’s Encrypt and Certbot – WPMU DEV

Let’s Encrypt + Certbot provide a straight forward way to add SSL and HTTPS to your website. This article walks you through the steps to get this running on a WordPress site. It’s worth noting that this will likely work on Apache with virtual hosts but it’ll take a bit more work.

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Adding Free SSL Certificates to WordPress with Let’s Encrypt

Installing an SSL certificate on your domain is one of the best steps you can take to secure your WordPress site and now with Let’s Encrypt, you can get one for free. An SSL certificate encrypts the connection between your site and your visitors’ browser so hackers can’t intercept and steal personal information. Normally, SSL certificates can be cumbersome to install and can get expensive, but this is changing fast. Share on Facebook Tweet it Share on Google+ Sign up for more WordPress wisdom

Source: Adding Free SSL Certificates to WordPress with Let’s Encrypt