cchen
July 5, 2020, 2:03am
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Hi, my website is earthapps.io
The site only works on http and when you change the URL to https , an error reads “This site can’t provide a secure connection”
I’m using WordPress + Cloudflare’s free Flexible SSL cert. Despite this, Really Simple SSL plugin it says it can’t detect a valid cert.
How can I get HTTPS / SSL? I’ve followed a ton of methods online, but none have worked.
That domain is using Cloudflare DNS, but that hostname is not proxied by Cloudflare. If your server had a valid TLS/SSL certificate on it, you wouldn’t have this problem.
This tutorial is deprecated in favour of Flexible - SSL/TLS encryption modes · Cloudflare SSL/TLS docs
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The connection between your visitor and Cloudflare is secured, but the connection between Cloudflare and your server is not. You will not need a certificate on your server for this mode. This option is NOT RECOMMENDED.
Flexible makes your site only partially secure - it encrypts the connection between the visitor and Cloudflare - this means they see the :ssl…
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