Ssl error help!

[croissant]

hi! I think I have a similar problem - I made my website using freenom, infinityfree and wordpress(changed url to https) and somehow the ssl certificate from infinity free is there but doesn’t work: i get “Windows does not have enough information to verify the certificate” also the certificate i had before has expired now, but it didn’t work anyway…should i install an intermediate certificate or something? tbh this is my first time setting a website, i wanted to do it for free and now i can’t really understand what exactly went wrong…i see that op managed to overcome their problem, but i’m still struggling

[Greenreader9]

Hello! Can you please share your domain name, as well as the SSL provider you are using?

Thanks!

[croissant]

https://tarnowiecka.ml ; zerossl

the one i had previosly that expired was by let’s encrypt, i also tried cloudfare and self signed certificate but didn’t manage to make them work

[KangJL]

Please follow this guide

A Full Guide To Cloudflare

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If you use CloudFlare full mode, you need minimally a self-signed cert (recommended).

[Admin]

For your information: please do not add your question to another topic unless you’re 100% sure you have 100% the same problem. If you think you have a similar problem, please create a different topic, because discussing two different questions in the same topic just creates a mess and doesn’t help anyone.

I have checked your certificate and I see you’ve currently got a Self Signed certificate installed, but are not using Cloudflare.

Like it said in the list of features of the certificate, Self Signed certificates are not trusted by browsers. Their main use case is to serve as a backend certificate for Cloudflare.

But if you want HTTPS but don’t care about Cloudflare, you should really get a different certificate, for example from ZeroSSL, and install that instead.

[croissant]

hey, i’ll create a new topic next time and i’m really sorry for my series of dumb questions but could you please check my certificate again? I installed a new one, but
i’m sending screens of my ssl certificate panel and as you can see the previous certificate and the new one have a status of an installed certificate - is this a problem? I have no idea how to remove a certificate.
I think the op from the previous topic i posted in made their website in a similar manner to me and they have a lock icon now so their certificate works, while mine still shows ‘unsafe’ while the certificate is valid.

Is there a way i could obtain the lock icon for free?
If yes, could you please be so kind and write the steps i need to take one by one? I really don’t have any experience with this and don’t really know what i’m doing yet.

[wackyblackie]

In order:

How to get Free SSL (HTTPS) on InfinityFree

If you’re using free hosting with your own domain or a subdomain, you’ll want to make your website work over HTTPS (SSL). Fortunately, InfinityFree provides all the tools you need to make it so. If you like videos better then text guides, scroll on down to the bottom of this guide. This guide uses the control panel functions and the Free SSL Certificates tool provided by InfinityFree to get SSL up and running on your site. Step 1: Set up the domain on your hosting account The first thing to do…

How to create the CNAME records for free SSL

To get a free SSL certificate from InfinityFree, you need to setup some DNS CNAME records on your domain name. This article describes how to do that. Like videos better? Check out the bottom of this article. Where do I set up the CNAME records? The CNAME records should be set up with the DNS hosting provider of your domain name. Most people will be using the InfinityFree nameservers ns1.infinityfree.com and ns2.infinityfree.com, or the byet.org nameservers. This means you can add the records t…

How to install an SSL certificate

In order to get a padlock in the address bar in your website, you need to install an SSL certificate on your website. This article describes how to do that. If you would rather watch a video, scroll down to the bottom of this article. Installing an SSL certificate The first step to install an SSL certificate is of course to get the SSL certificate. You will need to get your SSL certificate from a certificate vendor of your choice. InfinityFree also provides free SSL certificates in the client …

How to make your website use HTTPS (SSL)

So you want your website to use HTTPS. You want to secure your website and enjoy the search engine benefits. In order to get that sweet padlock, there are a couple of things you need to do. Install an SSL certificate Before your website can use HTTPS, you need to have an SSL certificate for your domain name. You will need to get this SSL certificate from an SSL certificate vendor and install it on your hosting account. You can install your certificate using the SSL/TLS section in your control …

How to force all traffic to HTTPS

After you’ve enabled SSL for your website, you’ll probably want to redirect all traffic on your website to the https version of your site. There are multiple ways to do that. Let’s compare some commonly used ways. Using script configuration Some scripts (including Wordpress) have a setting which allows you to set your website URL. By changing this URL from http://example.com to https://example.com, the script will probably redirect visitors to the https version of your site. Even if your script…

You may also read all of the docs in the HTTPS & SSL category:

HTTPS and SSL

[croissant]

I have no idea how, but the padlock has suddenly appeared so thank you all for your help.

[Admin]

This sounds like a case of SSL cache. Chrome and derivatives are known to remember old SSL data for a while, and clearing your browser cache does not clear SSL cache.

This is why I always recommend to test in Private Browsing mode, because it bypasses this cache.