Installing an SSL certificate is so easy, follow the steps login to Bluehost cPanel. Navigate to the “My Sites” tab and then select a domain for which you want an SSL enabled. After selecting the domain Click on the “Manage” button. SSL Installation of Self-Signed Certificate Before you can use a Private SSL Self-Signed Certificate with your Bluehost hosted domain, we require your account to have a dedicated IP address. You can add a dedicated IP address to your hosting service from the Addons section of your Control Panel.

How to Install Free SSL Certificate Using Bluehost for WordPress Just recently, Bluehost added a new section on the user’s admin panel known as “WordPress tools.” From there, any new or existing Bluehost user can easily enable free SSL certificate on his website. This video shows you the easiest way to install a Free SSL Certificate on Bluehost WordPress hosting: https://www.bluehost.com/track/naa986/ytrDbol-e7SK4?pag.

Several months ago, I ordered a Comodo SSL certificate from Bluehost since free SSL was not available for VPS accounts while it's available for shared hosting accounts.

However, for some reasons, I could not receive a verification email from Comodo and I had to cancel the order. (I tried to contact Comodo to verify the ownership of my domain name, but in vain.)

Yesterday, I checked cPanel and found that free SSL is now available for VPS customers.

You can install a free SSL certificate for your WordPress installation from cPanel.

Bluehost Free Ssl Certificate Unavailable

Please click on the SSL icon under Security. Now you can see that WordPress Free SSL is available.

Please click on 'get started' to start to install a free Comodo SSL certificate for your domain name.

(If you I already installed the free SSL certificate, the following message will appear: 'You have already purchased a certificate for this domain.')

Then, the following screen will appear:

Bluehost Free Ssl Installation Download

It's safe to contact Bluehost after requesting to install a free SSL certificate.

I think Bluehost VPS is a cost-efficient plan. If you want a shared hosting, Siteground will be a good option in terms of performances and stability. Siteground also offers fee Le'ts Encrypt SSL certificates and SSH even for shared hosting users.