Not able to access admin panel of my website after installing cloudflare SSL edge certificate

[asifwaquar2012]

Hi All ,

I’ve recently added a Cloudflare Edge Certificate to my GoDaddy-hosted WordPress website domain. However, I’m encountering difficulties accessing both the WordPress admin panel and the WordPress login page. Anyone face similar issue ? Your guidance and assistance in resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

[epic.network]

Welcome to the Cloudflare Community.

Your post is confusing. You cannot install a Cloudflare edge certificate on your origin host. The key cannot be removed from the Cloudflare proxy.

You can install a Cloudflare Origin CA certificate on your host, but that won’t prevent you from accessing your site as long as it is proxied.

What specifically do you encounter when you try to access your WP admin?

[asifwaquar2012]

Thank you very much for quick response.

I am using SSL/TLS encryption mode Flexible and using edge certificates universal type.
I am not using any origin certificates.

At present, I am not able to open my wordpress website admin page (website/wp-admin). It’s showing blank page. Please help to advise on this.

Thank you

[epic.network]

Your problem is

@asifwaquar2012

mode Flexible

That mode should never be used. You need to use a publicly trusted certificate or a Cloudflare Origin CA certificate on your webserver and use Full (strict) mode.

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