{"id":6884,"date":"2025-11-27T18:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/?p=6884"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T16:47:20","slug":"troubleshooting-ssl-errors-on-hostinger-website-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/troubleshooting-ssl-errors-on-hostinger-website-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubleshooting SSL errors on Hostinger Website Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"ed937657-df2d-4e97-ace5-f3181bbfaf3e\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-142\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"c5724d3f-9606-4e1b-bbff-5794a099e008\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-1-thinking\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"275\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8368399-hostinger-website-builder-ssl\/\">SSL certificates are activated<\/a> automatically on Hostinger Website Builder sites. However, if you see SSL-related errors on your website&mdash;such as <strong data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"160\">&ldquo;Not Secure&rdquo;<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"179\">&ldquo;Not Private&rdquo;<\/strong>, or <strong>&ldquo;ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR&rdquo;<\/strong>&mdash;here&rsquo;s how you can troubleshoot and resolve them step by step.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Make Sure Your Website is Published<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article><div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"p-section_block p-section_block--wrap\" data-qa=\"bk_section_block\">\n<div class=\"p-section_block_text_content\">\n<div class=\"p-section_block__text\">\n<div class=\"p-mrkdwn_element\"><span dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"bk_markdown_element\">If you&rsquo;re using Hostinger Website Builder, your website must be published for the SSL certificate to activate. You can follow this guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6475340-hostinger-website-builder-how-to-publish-a-website\/\">How to publish your website.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Publish1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Publish1.png 882w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Publish1-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/11\/Publish1-768x246.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>Ensure your domain is connected<\/h3>\n<p>The SSL will only work if your domain is connected to Website Builder. To connect your domain, follow the steps in this guide: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/8347449-how-to-connect-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder\/\">How to Connect a Domain to Hostinger Website Builder.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span dir=\"auto\" data-qa=\"bk_markdown_element\"><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Check your DNS records<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"932\">For the SSL certificate to work correctly, your DNS records must be pointed to Hostinger.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"964\">You can do this in two ways:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1036\">\n<li data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1003\">\n<p data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"1003\">By using <strong data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1001\">Hostinger nameservers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1036\">\n<p data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1036\">By using <strong data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1036\">two CNAME records<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1202\">If you choose the CNAME option, any other A, AAAA, or CNAME records must be removed.&nbsp;For more details, you can review this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6627577-how-to-point-a-domain-to-hostinger-website-builder\/\">guide to learn how to point your domain to Hostinger.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">After updating DNS or registering a new domain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation-at-hostinger\/\">allow a few hours for DNS propagation<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>Once everything is correctly connected and DNS has fully propagated, your SSL certificate should activate automatically and your site should load securely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solving SSL errors on Hostinger Website Builder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-website-builder"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/troubleshooting-ssl-errors-on-hostinger-website-builder","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6886,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6884\/revisions\/6886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}