My SSL Certificate Does Not Show https:// in Green
If when using the https:// protocol your website looks good, that is a sign, it indicates that your certificate is correctly installed and working.
In this article
Introduction
If your website already has SSL but the browser does not show the lock as you expected, usually the problem is not that the certificate does not exist, but that something on the page continues to load insecurely or there is a pending configuration detail.
Common causes
- The website mixes HTTPS content with resources loaded by HTTP.
- The certificate does not exactly cover the domain you are using.
- Redirection to HTTPS is not configured correctly.
- The browser still shows a cached version.
How to check it
- Check if the website opens with
https://. - Check if any images, scripts or fonts continue to load through
http://. - Confirm that the certificate corresponds to the correct domain, with or without
www. - Clear the browser cache and try again.
Common problems
The cover loads fine but other pages do not
There may be internal links or old resources that still point over HTTP.
I have SSL installed but I don’t see the lock
The certificate can be active and still have mixed content or an incomplete redirect.
Conclusion
The fact that the browser does not display HTTPS correctly does not always mean that SSL has failed. In most cases it is resolved by reviewing mixed content, covered domain and redirects.