Flex SSL

Enables SSL & forces HTTPS on WordPress, updating URLs & adding security headers. Supports reverse proxies & soon integrates Let's Encrypt.

By Flex Plugins

Version 1.0.8 Active Installs 20+ Updated 1 week ago 11 months old

Description

Flex SSL is a lightweight WordPress plugin designed to secure your website by enforcing HTTPS across your entire site. Key features include:

  • Force HTTPS: Automatically redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.
  • Auto-Update URLs: Change WordPress site and home URLs from HTTP to HTTPS.
  • Cloudflare/Proxy Support: Detects HTTPS headers from Cloudflare or other reverse proxies to avoid redirect loops.
  • Security Headers: Optionally add HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy. Force SSL Admin when HTTPS is in use.
  • Mixed Content Fixer: Corrects HTTP to HTTPS in content, excerpts, thumbnails, scripts, styles, content_url, and home_url.
  • SSL Status: View current SSL status and certificate expiry date.
  • Redirect Options: Choose between 301 (permanent) and 302 (temporary) redirects.
  • Logs & Reports: Monitor changes and events in a log system.
  • Let’s Encrypt Integration (Coming Soon): Plan to automatically generate and renew SSL certificates.

License

Flex SSL is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

For more details, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.

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