Site Security

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  mjburlingame · Member · Sep 19, 2017 at 3:41 pm

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  Every 3 months I lose my site security ie green lock changes to yellow and then red. How do I get it back to green secure and keep it that way?

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  jjchrisdiehl · Member · Sep 19, 2017 at 3:44 pm

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  Seems you are using a self hosted WordPress.org site, this forum supports hosted WordPress.com sites, see – https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  You can get help with your issue at the WordPress.org forums here – https://wordpress.org/support/

  You may wish to contact your host for SSL help, your host is Bluehost:
  https://www.bluehost.com/contact

  Please let me know if this answers your question, or if you need further assistance.

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  jjchrisdiehl · Member · Sep 19, 2017 at 3:46 pm

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  I also dug up a bit of info from Bluehost on SSL certs through their service: https://www.bluehost.com/blog/account-tips/need-know-ssl-certificates-6471/

  Enjoy :)

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  sstabrizi · Staff · Sep 19, 2017 at 3:55 pm

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  Thanks, @jjchrisdiehl for the excellent info. One more thing I’d like to add @mjburlingame, it sounds like you have one of Bluehost’s free SSL certificates for WordPress websites. Those certificates expire every 90 days. However, I believe you can set them to auto-renew. You’ll have to contact Bluehost for specific instructions on how to do that, but it can be done.

  Best of luck. :)