Watch out because your website data might get compromised if you don't
secure the connection with an SSL certificate but no worries today we're
going to introduce to you the top five hosting providers that include free SSL
certificates in all of their plans
hi there guys I am Reuben the how to guy 10Web a managed WordPress hosting
platform on Google cloud that includes all the services and features that a
wordpress website might mean in this video first we'll talk about what an SSL
certificate is in the first place and why it's so important to have then we'll
discuss why it's better if your hosting provider offers one and then we'll
conclude with a detailed list of five best workers hosting providers that come
with that feature let's dive in but first let me throw a fantastic offer at
you get started with our 14-day free trial of 10Web's managed hosting on
cloud and jack up your website speed immediately all the way up to 95 plus
PageSpeed score and get a free SSL certificate and guess what no credit
card information required for this test drive just follow the link in the
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new videos almost every weekday so what is an SSL anyway SSL stands for secure
socket layer which is security protocol for encrypting the information that
travels between a server and the browser simply put what your old website does is
establish a secure back-and-forth connection with the browser's of your
visitors so if this connection is not secure meaning not encrypted it becomes
much easier for hackers and third-party users to capture that information and
use it in their interests however if you encrypt your data using an SSL
certificate even if those people capture your data they will not be able to make
sense of it unless they also have the private key
in short an SSL certificate adds another good layer of security to your
connection awesome now why is it so important to have an SSL certificate for
your website well one reason is that a lot of browsers these days automatically
block those websites that lack secure connections so if you don't use an SSL
certificate a lot of your potential visitors readers and maybe clients will
not be able to open up your web site at all because their browser will prevent
that to avoid this situation you absolutely have to enable HTTPS by
adding an SSL to your site another reason to get an SSL is that Google
prioritizes those sites that have secure connections meaning this is also good
for your SEO okay we have seemingly established the importance of SSL
certificates but you might be thinking why you should go with a hosting
provider that includes free SSL and can't you just go and get one elsewhere
and edit and ultimately why would a hosting provider include one for free
now yes you can get a free let's encrypt SSL certificate and install it yourself
but it's quite a lengthy process you have to verify download and configure
some things and on top of that you have to remember to renew that certificate
every 90 days just another hassle you don't need in your life
then there are hosting providers that give you paid SSL certificates which can
be quite expensive and pointless because those paid ones do almost exactly the
same as those free let's encrypt ones so you definitely don't want to waste your
money on that now what's the difference between paid and free certificates the
free ones only provide you with domain validation whereas the paid ones also
provide extended and organization validation certificates offering
additional layers of security but of course a free option is more than enough
for having a secure website and after all there are hosting providers that not
only give us SSL for free but they also take
care of the certificate installments and further renewals making it so much
easier for you so it makes more sense to choose that
ones now let's go to the list of the best hosting providers that offer free
SSL certificates with all of their plans and the first one on our list is of
course 10Web because of 10Web's simple intuitive dashboard you can
install and enable a free let's encrypt certificate and not worry about any
renewals all of that will be done automatically and this as a sole
certificate comes with all three of our plans but it's not even the coolest
thing about 10Web here are the main advantages that this provider has speed
and uptime thanks to 10Web's partnership with Google the managed
hosting infrastructure we provide guarantees 99.99 percent uptime and 95 +
PageSpeed score your visitors will absolutely love it besides a free SSL all of our
plans include a free staging environment and free automatic backup points and
security scans so your website will always be protected from any risks and
threats you will also get a free advanced website builder on top of
Elementor with 40 plus beautiful website templates that you can customize however
you like and no need for coding or a designer for that matter ten web also
adds a premium image optimizer SEO service as well as for maker and photo
gallery plugins again - all of its plans and all of these features work
seamlessly together support support and support an absolute priority for 10 web
the company's support team always gets wonderful reviews for being quick and
responsive 24/7 via chat or email and finally the most important point
affordability with 10Web you can host a website for just $10 a month and that
will include everything we've just talked about with no hidden costs no
extra premium features or sudden increases ever and if you host 10
websites the price goes down to just six dollars a month basically you're paying
shared hosting prices for managed hosting on Google cloud with the whole
bundle of features your WordPress website might ever need and the free SSL
certificate the second hosting provider on our list
is Kinsta that also offers a free let's encrypt SSL integration with all
of its plans infrastructure wise Kinsta is very similar to 10Web
it offers managed hosting on Google cloud free staging environment and
backups as well as 24/7 support the two main issues that arise when you compare
to ten web is the lack of additional services that 10Web offers and the
price Kinsta doesn't have things like website builder SEO service website
templates etc you just get a hosting provider pure and simple and for that
you will have to pay at least $30 a month let's move on to A2 hosting a
provider that always ends up on everyone's lists they also offer a free
SSL certificate with all of their plans and they're doing a great job in terms
of speed and uptime no wonder they're so popular the company offers a wide
variety of hosting types from shared to dedicated and their shared hosting plans
start at $7 among the issue with a2 hosting though is that a lot of its
features like a staging environment or the ability to restore from backup
points are only available with their higher planets so essentially you never
know how much you're gonna end up paying this is quite a common thing with
hosting providers so you have to be careful if your budget is not that
flexible number four on our list is WP engine another hosting provider that
gives a free let's encrypt SSL Certificates to all of its users WP
engine is considered one of the best WordPress specific hosting providers on
the market so you probably already have heard of it similar to almost every
hosting provider on the market WP engine does quite well when it comes to hosting
related features and services such as and uptime but their pricing plans start
at $25 a month which is two-and-a-half times more than 10Web starter plan
however WP engine doesn't have a lot of essential features like image
optimization seo service and a lot of essential plugins like form maker and
photo gallery and while being quite a good hosting provider for WordPress WP
Engine is still a hosting provider nothing more inmotion this is another
popular hosting provider that includes free SSL Certificates in all of their
plans including WordPress specific ones their pricing starts at nine dollars a
month for managed WordPress hosting on Google cloud with all the essential
features your website might need in motion is fantastic in some aspects they
offer great uptime and fantastic 24/7 support but in motion seriously under
performance when it comes to speed and backups that's right you have to pay
extra for data backups and additionally all of their users have to be verified
by phone which can be another headache so make sure to get a good overview of
the hosting plan before you sign up to avoid regrets to sum it up an SSL
certificate is not a luxury but a necessity and since the easiest way to
secure your website's connections is via the hosting provider the host you choose
better act like it there is no reason why an HTTPS shouldn't be included in
your hosting plan now that you have the names of the five top hosting providers
that give free SSL certificates let me remind you that you can follow the link
in the description to get ten web's free 14-day trial and test all of the
features and services we've been talking about no credit card required ok guys
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