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Q. what do people think of using a (correctly) self-signed cert for Wordpress self-hosting, in 2022.. ? (hosted in the USA if that matters)
by mistrial9 5y ago
Q. what do people think of using a (correctly) self-signed cert for Wordpress self-hosting, in 2022.. ? (hosted in the USA if that matters)
- perlgeek 5y agoDon't do it if you want people other than yourself visiting the blog.
- AnonC 5y agoVisitors, including yourself, will get browser warnings and will have to explicitly bypass the scary prompts to go ahead and trust the self-signed certificate. Many visitors may not even figure it out with the state of the warning messages now. For a site that’s on the Internet, it should be a lot easier to get a free certificate from LetsEncrypt and also have it renew frequently (automated).
- snowwrestler 5y agoTotally fine to use during development. We did that a bunch of times before Let’s Encrypt. But in production, your visitors will likely be scared off by the browser warning on a self-signed cert.