Author: Leon Wimmenhoeve
Getting everything out of your security headers
When you have installed Really Simple SSL pro, there will be quite a number of new options available to you. We recommend to start by navigating to Settings -> SSL & Security -> Settings (in the top menu bar), and work your way down through the available options & enable the desired settings. This includes all of the Recommended Security Headers as well. We sometimes get the question: “Which headers should I enable, and why aren’t they all enabled by
How to install Really Simple Security Pro
Getting started: The installation of Really Simple Security Pro works just like any other plugin, except that you can’t download it from the WordPress.org Repository, you have to upload it yourself. Like when you manually install a WordPress plugin. Do I still need Really Simple Security Free when using the Pro plugin? Since version 8.0 of Really Simple Security, it is no longer necessary to have both the Free and Pro version of Really Simple Security enabled next to each
Recommended .htaccess redirect option
If you didn’t enable the .htaccess redirect in your site, you may see a new plus one, with a notice in your dashboard (since version 3.2): “WordPress 301 redirect enabled. We recommend to enable the .htaccess redirect option on your specific setup.” What is a 301 redirect? After activating SSL, we want to redirect everyone who attempts to visit http URLs to https. A 301 redirect indicates that the page has been permanently moved to another URL, in this
To change this page upload a new index.html to your private_html folder
If you see this message when you access your site over https: To change this page upload a new index.html to your private_html folder This means there are different folders for http:// and https://, your site is in the http (public_html) and you’re looking at the private_html folder. The site will load fine over http:// and Really Simple SSL will be able to detect SSL (it’s installed correctly after all), but activation will make your site unaccessible because it points