Author: Leon Wimmenhoeve

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

You can use Really Simple Security to generate (and install) a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate on your WordPress website. Note: your hosting provider may prevent the manual installation of a third-party SSL certificate. Most commonly when the host also offer free SSL generation directly in their Hosting Control Panel. Some hosts only provide you with paid SSL certificate options. The Let’s Encrypt Wizard Really Simple Security skips the Let’s Encrypt Wizard if a valid SSL certificate is detected. If,

If you receive the following notice, while using Really Simple SSL to install a Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate: Your server provides shell functionality, which offers additional methods to install SSL. If installing SSL using the default methods is not possible, you can install the shell add on. Below you will find the shell add-on to install Let’s Encrypt with shell functionality. Why an add-on? Some anti-virus software trigger on shell functions when these files are scanned. Although a false positive,

When installing a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for your WordPress website, Really Simple SSL will by default handle the authorisation with a directory challenge. A file with a key will be created in the .well-known/acme-challenge directory. This is the easiest method, and can be handled automatically in most cases. In some situations, this is not possible. For example if you need a wildcard SSL certificate (for multisite) or if your hosting provider blocks the creation of the directory and file,