WordPress pushes free default SSL for hosted sites
Found on The Register on Monday, 11 April 2016
"Today we are excited to announce free HTTPS for all custom domains hosted on WordPress," Abrahamson says.
It means millions of websites will be safer from spying and interception techniques.
Considering that Wordpress is a blog, meant for presenting ramblings to the public, there isn't that much else one can spy on. Granted, the logins are encrypted now, but that's pretty much the only real benefit.