# How to connect cloudflare **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [December 27, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-connect-cloudflare/70277 "2022-12-27T13:32:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
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Please make sure to also see this guide for making it work correctly with WordPress, because WordPress doesn’t work well with Flexible SSL. > [@How to make Cloudflare Flexible SSL work with WordPress](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-make-cloudflare-ssl-work-with-wordpress/49362): > > WordPress is a great and very popular website building tool, and Cloudflare is a great way to get HTTPS on your website for free. Thanks to Cloudflare’s Flexible SSL system, you don’t even need to manage SSL certificates to use it! However, getting WordPress to show a padlock and make all pages work can be a bit tricky. This article explains a good way to configure your website correctly with Cloudflare Flexible SSL. Heads up! Instead of making WordPress work with Flexible SSL, you can also c… Instead of using Flexible SSL, you can also use Cloudflare’s full SSL, which is a bit more involved to setup on the hosting side, but has better security and is typically easier to setup in most sites. > [@How to setup Full SSL with Cloudflare](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-setup-full-ssl-with-cloudflare/60679): > > By default, Cloudflare uses a system called “Flexible SSL”. In this system, Cloudflare secures the connection between your visitors and Cloudflare, but not the connection between Cloudflare and your website. Not only is this less secure, some websites (notably WordPress) have trouble detecting whether HTTPS is in use, causing all sorts of issues. The best way to resolve this is by using Full SSL in Cloudflare. This way, the connection between Cloudflare and your website is encrypted, and your w… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/how-to-connect-cloudflare/70277)._