Thanks for the helpful clarification. One quick follow-up question: my webhosting company Hostgator has already installed SSL on my website. If I want to sign up for Cloudflare directly rather than sign up for Cloudflare through my webhosting company Hostgator, can I still use Cloudflare in conjunction with the SSL provided by Hostgator? Or in order to use Cloudflare directly, do I need to jettison my current SSL and get SSL through Cloudflare?
Also, I have Wordfence Security installed on my website. Do you know if Cloudflare and Wordfence are compatible with each other?
Thanks!