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SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects

Helps install a free Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, redirects HTTP to HTTPS and forces SSL on all pages.

By SSL Zen - Free SSL/HTTPS·Ssl·Free + Premium
4.9(663 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 3 months ago
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As of April 2026, SSL Zen is a WordPress ssl plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 663 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.1M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Downloads are down 32% this week. Top alternative: Cloudflare.

4.9/5663 reviews
10K+active installs
1.1M+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

Secure your website with a Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate.

SSL Zen is a ‘Free SSL certificate’ plugin that helps you to secure your website, protect your customer’s data and show your visitors you’re trustworthy and authentic.

Manually installing a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate involves editing SSL configuration files on your web server and troubleshooting issues. With this plugin, you can follow a few steps to get your free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate. No coding required, no more mixed content, or insecure content warnings. You require no special developer experience to move your HTTP web pages to HTTPS or to force SSL on your website.

Features of Free Version:

  • Generate a free SSL certificate by verifying your domain ownership
  • Instal…
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

4.9663 reviews
5 ★
638
4 ★
8
3 ★
5
2 ★
4
1 ★
8

Recent Reviews

Awsome Plugin, it works smoothly and properly
by tarikino·4 months ago

Awsome Plugin, it works smoothly and properly

Very Good Plugin
by jannatcosmetics23·7 months ago

Thank you very much, I am not a developer and working with WooCommerce was very difficult for me. But WooCommerce helped me solve everything in a very easy way. My site is ready to launch❤️

  • This topic was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by jannatcosmetics23.
Grateful for SSL Zen!
by larkwest·8 months ago

Easy 0eazy
Free
GREAT communiction/support available (haven[t used in recent years; no need)

Wonderful
by irvingmariscal·9 months ago

Second time using this amazing pluging and it works exactly the same, and is free, you just need to configure some things and do some research but it works just perfect.

Lo maximo los certificados SSL
by melvincava2025·10 months ago

tuve problemas para la instalación, pero despues funciona de maravilla hasta ahora.

Download Trends

Today: 74Yesterday: 64This week: 393Period total: 36K

Compatibility

WordPress4.2+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v4.7
64.7%
Other
28.0%
v4.5
7.3%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

4.7.2

  • Minor bug fixes
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
4.7.7
Last Updated
Dec 10, 2025
WP Requires
4.2+
Tested Up To
6.6.5
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
10K+
Downloads
1.1M+
Added
Feb 22, 2019
Business
Commercial

Tags

sslhttpsfree sslmixed contentfree ssl certificate

Developer

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