Grade A

SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects

Name: SSL Zen — SSL Certificate Installer & HTTPS Redirects
Rating: 4.8 (663 reviews)
Author: SSL Zen - Free SSL/HTTPS

⤓ Download v4.7.7 on WordPress.org ↗

by SSL Zen - Free SSL/HTTPSupdated 2025-12-10💎The Hidden Gem

Save money on certificates by trading your time for manual renewals.

HealthyDeclining

75/100

Users appreciate the cost savings but must perform significant manual work to maintain the free certificate.

Loved32/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum4/12

Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.9★

663 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-21%

Declining

62 → 49 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining · -21% in the last year

62/day a year ago→49/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

SSL Zen is widely praised for its straightforward, free SSL setup and cost advantage, though a few users note a small amount of initial effort and occasional verification hiccups.

What people like

+Easy to set up with a simple process×4
+Free to use×3
+Cheaper than paid alternatives such as GoDaddy
+Works well with specific hosting providers (e.g., Patmos)
+Provides a simple file-verification method when DNS verification fails
+Responsive support

Common complaints

Review trustMostly organic

4.79★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
42%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 663 total

5★

638

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 90 analyzed

2025-12-01★★★★★Awsome Plugin, it works smoothly and properly tarikino1-shot
2025-08-27★★★★★Very Good Plugin jannatcosmetics231-shot
2025-07-19★★★★★Grateful for SSL Zen!larkwest
2025-07-05★★★★★Wonderful irvingmariscal1-shot
2025-06-06★★★★★Lo maximo los certificados SSL melvincava20251-shot
2025-03-25★★★★★Save Money on SSL Certificates with Video Tutorials & Premium Aps rdtallman371-shot
2025-02-28★★★★★Quick and good therewat1-shot
2025-02-20★★★★★Great with Patmos Hosting kartmanco
2025-02-02★★★★★Works and is Free! A+++++mrpaulbrady
2025-01-24★★★★★Perfect ammarahmad786

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-12-10v4.7.7
2025-12-09v2.3.0
2024-07-18v4.7.1
2020-06-03v2.2
2020-05-23v2.1.2
2020-05-08v2.0.3
2020-05-08v2.1.0
2019-10-29v1.9.0

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-2.2%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

12%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.19

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

97%

5★ share in analyzed sample

42%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

-100%

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.88 → 4.79★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered