I have set up about 40 different cloudflare accounts for use of the https in the last 3 months so I have a pretty good idea how to do it BUT I just activated Cloudflare on a Dreamhost hosted domain and had a little trouble getting it working.
RIGHT NOW - The site shows a green padlock and surfs fine as https but throws “SSL Connection” and “Mixed Content” Errors with no details after testing at WhyNoPadlock.com. Results URL
https://www.whynopadlock.com/results/6ff6aaa8‑46c6‑46ce‑8f68‑8997104fccc1
Wordpress is current and all links are https in the database… Plugins to get it to work include… Actually just the Cloudflare WP plugin - (I had installed others but they have been off a while now).
There is no redirect to https in the .htaccess or wp-config.php or functions.php.
EARLIER (Days ago)
Cloudflare Flexible SSL to fix an https redirect loop that ive read about but not been able to find a good explanaiton for mine stopped too - so OFF for days
Clouldflare SSL by Weslink - which adds support of cloudflare flexible SSL - OFF for days now as well
Really Simple SSL - Lightweight plugin without any setup to make your site SSL proof OFF for days too
I got the impression either from someone at dreamhost or some support article that i could and should either delete my cloudflare setup and start over but could not get clarity on it i needed a new account or if i could clear out the old. Neither the Dreamhost support or the article i read went into detail on that…
FUTURE
I have like 7 more domains to add to this cloudflare account which all want to use the SSL so if anyone could tell me about these errors and if i should just nuke the account or the servers or what that would be great!