Author: Leon Wimmenhoeve
Does Really Simple Security affect Page Speed?
When you’ve activated Really Simple SSL on your site, in some cases you might notice your site has become slower: this is not caused by the plugin! I specifically built this plugin to be fast: most of the work is done in the back-end, which doesn’t harm your performance. First, take a look at this independent test: https://plugintests.com/plugins/really-simple-ssl/latest. You will see the test indicates that page speed impact is “insignificant”. This is what I found as well when testing for speed.
Converting a private.pem private key to an private.key RSA private key
On some hosting environments, you are asked to provide an RSA private key, usually in the private.key format. PHP does not offer an easy way to generate this, but on the command line this can be done very simply. Open the terminal on your computer, then type the following (private.pem should be the path to the actual file): openssl rsa -in private.pem -out private.key The new private.key will will now be generated.
Really Simple SSL Pro Nulled – About the Risks
I recently purchased a Nulled version on a WordPress marketplace, claiming so-called “Nulled” versions are a legitimate option for resellers to earn a buck on GPL licensed software. Instead of buying from the source, you’re buying the software from a reseller with a considerable discount. These resellers do not have any affiliation with the creators of the software. Nulled versions of WordPress plugins are paid or premium versions of freely available plugins in the WordPress repository. The license check, that is
Hosting Providers with Free SSL
Below you will find a list of known free SSL certificates per hosting provider. If your hosting provider is not listed, but does offer free SSL Please let us know. Known hosting providers with free certificates Hosting Providers Contabo Contabo’s SSL certificates are activated by default. If this is not the case on rare occasions, you can enable SSL in your hosting panel (cPanel) with AutoSSL. Activated by default and available in cPanel if needed. Instructions can be found here.
How to add a TXT record to DNS
You will need to add a so-called TXT record to continue DNS verification while generating an SSL certificate with Let’s Encrypt by Really Simple SSL. We will explain how this is done, in some cases your hosting environment might look different, but the responding fields should be similar. If Really Simple SSL shows the following… Go to your hosting provider and choose DNS zone, DNS settings, etc to show a list of DNS records. Add a new TXT record and