To run your site over https (SSL) which means traffic between visitors and your website host server is encrypted requires and certificate to be added to you server.
I would ask you host about installing an SSL certificate on your server. Many providers now offer them for free.
Once you have an SSL certificate, here are some instructions for getting WordPress to run over HTTPS: https://make.ww.wp.xz.cn/support/user-manual/web-publishing/https-for-wordpress/
To be clear, the login being insecure over HTTP is not a new development for Firefox or WordPress, HTTP has always been insecure. In the past, browsers preferred to denote that by highlighting HTTPS pages as “secure,” but now they’re flipping that approach to instead highlight HTTP login forms as “not secure.”
I am very new to WP. I’m using hostgator I believe i need to contact them for the SSL cert. Correct?
Thanks
Yes, your hosting provider will help you acquire a valid SSL certificate.
Thank you Mark and James. Sorry for the late feedback.
Contacted Hostgator…very helpful within minutes.
They “enforced” my SSL Cert. (whatever that means)
I went into my web page WP dashboard/settings and added “s” to the end of my URL HTTP.
Now everything works well. I can log in with the new version of Firefox with no issues.
Again, thank you. You guys were very helpful and got me on the right track!
Hi, I have the same issue as stated above with the error message for accessing WP sites on Firefox/Chrome. Since an SSL cert is needed – will I need to get two of them? I have one domain which is included with my main domain account. So, in essence, I have two domains on one account. Please assist me with this. Thank you.
Michelle Williams
