The trouble is that the publisher of the WordPress plugin that makes this possible has decided to go from freeware to a pay model within days of my first installing it. But everybody is being taught to look for that little padlock icon. Most SSL certificate issuers charge for each certificate, which has to be renewed annually, and the validation process has gotten more complicated as time goes by - which really isn’t worth it for a small, read-only blog. An organization named “LetsEncrypt” has tried to make the process simpler and free, which is helpful. But as a long-time computer administrator, setting it up and keeping it running can be a hassle, so we’ll see how this works out. It’s nice that it adds the little padlock icon to the address bar in web browsers, and it tends to make the Google search engine happier, which is good. I’ve added “SSL” or what most people call “HTTPS” to the site, at least temporarily.
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