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What are Wildcard SSL Certificates?

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you have a website or are thinking about launching one&comma; installing an SSL certificate should be one of your top priorities&period; Understandably&comma; it can be confusing to discern the differences between the various types of SSL certificate available&period; In this article&comma; we’ll cover the benefits of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ssls&period;com&sol;domain-type&sol;wildcard-ssl-certificates" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Wildcard SSL Certificates<&sol;a>&comma; what they do&comma; and who should get one&period; Before we dive into the ins and outs of Wildcard SSLs&comma; let’s first go over the basic definition of an SSL certificate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">An SSL is a certificate you install on your site for purposes of creating encrypted connections between a server &lpar;where your website is hosted&rpar; and a client &lpar;generally the browser your website visitor is using&rpar;&period; It does this by using something known as the TLS protocol&period; When a connection is encrypted&comma; any data transmitted is rendered unreadable to prying eyes&comma; which keeps website visitors safe from any fraudulent activities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">As mentioned earlier&comma; there are a few different <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;top-best-world-popular-cheap-ssl-certificate-providers&sol;&num;Types-of-SSL-Certificate-by-Use">types of SSL certificate<&sol;a> available&period; WIth a regular SSL&comma; you basically secure a single domain&period; But what if your website is a little more complex than that&quest; Say&comma; for example&comma; you have a single domain with multiple subdomains linked to it&quest; That’s where a Wildcard SSL comes in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">When you install a Wildcard SSL certificate on your site&comma; it secures a single domain and any subdomains of one level &lpar;for example&comma; for mywebsite&period;com a single-level subdomain would be &ast;&period;mywebsite&period;com&rpar; that currently exist&comma; as well as any you create in the future&period; This is a lot more convenient and affordable than purchasing separate SSLs for each subdomain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Everything is automatically covered by one Wildcard SSL&comma; even subdomains you have yet to think of&period; You’ll only have to keep track of a single SSL certificate instead of several&comma; and you won’t even have to get your SSL reissued when you do add a new subdomain &lpar;which you would if you opted for a multi-domain SSL&rpar;&period; The icing on the cake&quest; A Wildcard SSL will automatically secure unlimited subdomains&period; So you can rest easy and focus on growing your business&comma; instead of keeping track of numerous SSLs with different expiry dates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">So&comma; should you opt for a Wildcard SSL&quest; As good as they are&comma; if you have a simple website with no plans on expanding in the future&comma; then you can probably just opt for a regular SSL&period; But if you do have a single domain with several subdomains linked to it&comma; or if you plan on adding subdomains in the future&comma; Wildcard SSL certificates are ideal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

Hardik Patel

Hardik Patel is a Digital Marketing Consultant and professional Blogger. He has 16+ years experience in SEO, SMO, SEM, Online reputation management, Affiliated Marketing and Content Marketing.

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