Effective July 2018, Google’s Chrome browser version 68 and above will mark non-HTTPS websites as ‘Not secure’. For anyone with a self-hosted WordPress blog who has not already made their website secure by implementing SSL, consider this a call to action!
What does that mean exactly?
Prior to the version 68 update, the Chrome browser showed a small i with a circle around it to indicate that a website was not secure but now, with the release of Chrome v68, the words ‘Not secure’ are also displayed, perhaps making your visitors think there is a problem with your blog.
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