Does an SSL certificate help prevent a hacked Web site?

We regularly get the question from our customers who indicate that their website has been hacked, despite having an SSL certificate on it.
Therefore, this article to explain this.

Does an SSL certificate help to prevent a hacked website?
The answer is: no. An SSL certificate ensures that data sent to the server is encrypted, so that it cannot be read (in between).
However, the hacking of a website takes place in another way, for example through a plugin that is abused.
An SSL certificate has no influence on this.

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