Is SSL working to Encrypt my WordPress Login?

This codex article may help sort things out: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Administration_Over_SSL

I’ve read that and these other resources as well:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Talk:Administration_Over_SSL
https://www.invisibleinstitute.com/david-eads-blog/2005/06/wordpress-administration-over-ssl/
https://blog.blackdown.de/2006/01/22/securing-wordpress-2-admin-access-with-ssl/
https://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/category/announcements/

But all do more than I want since I don’t care if the entire wp-admin dir is encrypted. I simply don’t want my username and password to be unencrypted. If simply adding https:// does what I need, then I’m set!

After additional research, my tentative conclusion is that having your host setup SSL on your server, and adding an (s) to https:// making it https:// will encrypt your user name and password as it is sent. It will not encrypt everything sent to you and does not encrypt pages subsequently accessed.

The best page to access and login is this URL substituting “mysite.com” with your site and “WordPressDirectory” with the location of your WordPress blog:

https://www.mysite.com/WordPressDirectory/wp-login.php

Going directly to this page to login eliminates the need to enter the “s” again after you are redirected from https://www.mysite.com/WordPressDirectory/wp-admin/index.php

Please correct me if I’m wrong, and I hope this someone else!