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At Hostinger, our free SSL certificate is as secure as the paid ones. We use a domain-validated certificate compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), so it’s a standard SSL that is excellent for protecting all types of websites.
Regarding security levels, there’s no difference between free and paid SSL certificates. Both provide strong encryption for securely connecting your site and its visitors.
They also display essential indicators to show that the website is risk-free – the HTTPS prefix and padlock icon on the address bar of major browsers.
We also renew all certificates automatically and free of charge, providing more convenience for our users and helping them save money.
Adding an SSL certificate to the site, you protect all private information shared between you and the visitors from unauthorized users. Also, our SSL certificates use 256-bit encryption, the industry standard for data protection.
Online businesses that accept transactions and deal with visitors’ credentials must comply with PCI Security Standards, which include SSL protection. Without this security feature, the website would put its visitors at risk and fail to meet the regulations.
Enabling SSL protection, your site’s URL will start with HTTPS, and the address bar will also display a padlock icon. These elements show visitors that your website uses SSL and is risk-free, so they know their credentials and transaction details are safe.
An SSL certificate provides an additional layer of security and adds the HTTPS prefix to the site’s URL, which the search engine considers vital parts of a good page experience. That’s why Google is most likely to place SSL-certified websites higher on search results, increasing their visibility and organic traffic.
Websites will get a public and private key after successfully acquiring or purchasing an SSL certificate. When users access the website, their browser will request its SSL certificate and public key to verify if it’s trustworthy.
If it’s successful, the browser will generate two symmetric keys and send one of them to the web server using the public key. Once the server receives the key, it will use its private key to decrypt it. The browser and server can now form a secure connection to transfer information.
A website with a successful SSL installation will have multiple indicators on the address bar – a padlock icon and an HTTPS prefix on the website’s URL. Depending on the type of certificate, site owners can also display a site seal to increase trustworthiness.
Find answers to frequently asked questions about our SSL certificates and plans.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a security protocol that enables encrypted communication between a website and a web browser. It prevents unauthorized parties from accessing or seeing data exchanged between a site and its visitors.
SSL certificates are issued by a certificate authority (CA) to a website to authenticate its identity, letting browsers know that the website is secure.
In addition to the security benefits, SSL certificates improve brand trust and SEO rankings. That’s because they signal good website security measures that users and search engines expect.
To see if your website has an SSL certificate, check if the browser’s address bar displays a padlock icon and https:// before your domain name.
There are three types of SSL/TLS certificates according to their validation level.
For domain-validated certificates (DV), the certificate authority (CA) will only ask you to verify the domain ownership via email, phone, or DNS record.
Organization-validated certificates (OV) have a medium level of validation, so the CA usually checks documentation that verifies the organization’s name, contact information, and legal status.
Finally, the extended validation certificates (EV) offer the highest level of validation, with the CA conducting extensive background checks to verify the registrant’s location, legal status, and order details.
We can also differentiate SSL certificates based on the number of websites they can protect. Single-domain certificates protect one domain and its subdirectories, wildcard certificates cover a domain and its multiple subdomains, and multi-domain certificates secure multiple domains unrelated to each other.
All types of SSL/TLS protection provide the same encryption level. However, some websites may need certificates with higher levels of validation to offer better proof of legitimacy or to secure multiple domains at once.
Get SSL for free when you purchase any of Hostinger’s hosting plans. It’s a great option for website owners looking to sign up with a new web hosting provider while sorting out their SSL/TLS certification without additional costs.
Generally, a new SSL certificate will become active in just a few minutes – you just need to install it on the website.
At Hostinger, the certificate will be installed automatically on any new domains you create. If you have questions about installing our free SSL certificates, please contact our 24/7 Customer Success team.
To renew an SSL certificate manually, you have to generate a new certificate signing request (CSR), fill out the form, and install the latest version.
At Hostinger, you don’t need to do it manually, as we offer an automatic renewal feature.
Yes, it does. Website security is an important ranking factor for Google.
Your website has a much higher chance of appearing at the top of the search results if it has an SSL certificate securing it.
Yes, you can. Install it through our web hosting control panel if you choose a different SSL provider.
Simply follow the easy steps in this custom SSL certificate installation guide and get the certificate running in no time.