: SSL certificate wildcard / single name - will it work for subdirectories? I want to purchase an SSL certificate for my domain, but I have never worked with certificates. I will purchase it

@Lengel546

You have mentioned, you are wishing to secure your sub-directories. When you install any SSL certificate on your server, it secures example.com and all its sub-directories.

Which means not only example.com displays with HTTPS but sub-directories also display with HTTPS.


Website before SSL Certificate - example.com Website After HTTPS - example.com website sub-directory before SSL certificate - example.com/sub-directory Website sub-directory after SSL certificate - example.com/sub-directory

A Wildcard SSL certificate, on the otherhand, is aimed to secure unlimited sub-domains, but for sub-directories (as I've mentioned above) a single Domain-Validated (DV) SSL certificate will work fine.

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@Welton855

Wildcard SSL certificates are used to secure sub-domains.

For example,


mail.example.com
shop.example.com
anysub.example.com


You can install any single domain SSL certificate on your website, it can secure your root domain as well all directories / folders.

For example,


example.com/your-product-name
example.com/discount-offer-page
example.com/any-web-pages

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@Ogunnowo487

You don't need a "wildcard" certificate to secure subdirectories. All SSL certs will secure subdirectories. SSL certs secure hosts (domains). A "wildcard cert" will ordinarily secure subdomains eg. <anysubdomain>.example.com - but this should be made clear when you purchase the cert.

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