Title: plugin needed or not
Last modified: March 16, 2017

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# plugin needed or not

 *  [Greg007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greg007/)
 * (@greg007)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/)
 * Hi, I stop using CF couple of month back because I changed my hosting plan,
    
   so I switched back to original DNS for some time. I deactivated CF through my
   account, then I also deleted my website from CF, deactivated the plugin also.
 * Now I want to start using CF again, I added my website to my CF account again,
   changed the DNS to CF DNS, my question is do I need to activate the plugin or
   not?!

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 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/#post-8923559)
 * Hi [@greg007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greg007/),
 * You don’t _need_ the plugin. Everything you can do in the plugin you can do through
   the Cloudflare.com dashboard. The plugin can automatically configure a lot of
   functionality for you though.
 * Thanks,
    John
 *  Thread Starter [Greg007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greg007/)
 * (@greg007)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/#post-8923604)
 * Thank you very much for you quick answer!
 * So do you recommend activating the plugin after all?
    If I activate the plugin,
   will it mess up something, considering that I activated the CF though my CF account
   already?
 * If I want to activate the plugin, and configure CF more easily (automatically
   as you sad) should I deactivate CF in my account and vice versa?
 * I just made thing complicated I know… 🙂 But I was confused there, when I got
   a notification that all is done and to check things back in 24h, and then I got
   to my plugins and saw CF plugin deactivated for some time now… 🙂
 *  [jwineman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jwineman/)
 * (@jwineman)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/#post-8923630)
 * Yes, I recommend you activate the plugin. It won’t change anything without you
   doing something and you can always revert the settings in the Cloudflare.com 
   dashboard if something messes up!
 * Thanks,
    John
 *  Thread Starter [Greg007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greg007/)
 * (@greg007)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/#post-8923913)
 * OK, I activated the plugin and got problems.
    I have a SSL protocol with my hosting
   and CloudFlare is not working well with it.
 * I got a:
    “This site can’t provide a secure connection ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR”
   after activating the plugin
 * When I open my domain with http:// (without s), it opens up, but without photos
   on it.
 * I have disabled CF 10min back, but still the same.
    I will revert back to original
   DNS and hopefully resolve this.
 * If you can help how to run CF with already having SSL, please post than instructions.
 *  Thread Starter [Greg007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greg007/)
 * (@greg007)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/#post-8923986)
 * OK, I disabled the plugin via FTP (added old to name of CF plugin), and my website
   is finally back, without restoring DNS to my hosts.
 * Can you post some instructions how to use CF with SSL already running.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [Greg007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greg007/).
 *  [thellimist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/furkan811/)
 * (@furkan811)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/#post-8925442)
 * This forums is used specifically for Cloudflare WordPress Plugin related questions.
   It doesn’t cover Cloudflare general support. Please check [https://support.cloudflare.com](https://support.cloudflare.com)
   for questions not related with the plugin.
 * Hope this helps, [https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170546-I-already-have-SSL-on-my-site-What-are-my-options-](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170546-I-already-have-SSL-on-my-site-What-are-my-options-)
 * Thanks
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [thellimist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/furkan811/).
 *  Thread Starter [Greg007](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greg007/)
 * (@greg007)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-needed-or-not/#post-8928827)
 * @thellimist, thank you very much.
 * I looked at the link you posted, so it turns out that if somebody already has
   SSL protocol installed, has to use paid version of Cloudflare, to be able to 
   run CF at his website.
    If I got it right…

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