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SSL Error (Site Not Loading) with WP Engine Hosting and Cloudflare – Solution

May 18, 2018 | WordPress Troubleshooting

website maker How to get your site to load when you run into an error after turning on / configuring an SSL Certificate at WP Engine (using Cloudflare as your DNS Manager).

A few things to check:

  1. Make sure your WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) in your WordPress Dashboard (/wp-admin) under Settings start with https:// not http://
  2. In your WP Engine hosting dashboard on the SSL page: make sure your SSL certificate is configured to SECURE ALL URLs
  3. In Cloudflare: Check the Crypto tab and set it to Full (Strict)
  4. THE WINNER (usually what ‘does it’) in Cloudflare: Turn OFF DNS Proxy for your CNAME records for the root and www (click the orange cloud so it turns grey).

I hope that does it for you!

7 Comments

  1. Bren

    Thanks Torre,
    A really simple and helpful walkthrough!
    Was working again in moments!
    Gratitude
    Bren

    Reply
    • Torre

      So happy to hear this was helpful and saved time! That’s why I take the time to post these a-ha moments here 🙂 Cheers!

      Reply
  2. Azmir Hossain

    Thank You So Much… It working fine

    Reply
  3. Christian

    Worked!

    Reply
  4. dat

    thank you

    Reply
  5. Anirudh

    That worked, thanks for the help

    Reply

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