Author: Mark
Choosing a WordPress host for your website
We quite often come across questions by our users on which hosting provider works nicely with Really Simple SSL. The answer to this question is simple, Really Simple SSL works fine on almost all hosting providers. There are differences of course: on some hosting environments SSL is an additional cost, while on others it’s included. Another aspect is that on some environments SSL is very simple to install, on other hosting environments you need to install the certificate yourself, or
How to install Really Simple Security free
Installation video The video below details how to install Really Simple SSL free. For a written explanation with screenshots, refer to the guide below this video. Downloading the plugin To download Really Simple SSL, navigate to ‘Plugins -> Add New’ menu in your WordPress admin area: Type ‘SSL’ or ‘Really Simple SSL’ in the top right search bar. Now results for SSL will show up. Locate Really Simple SSL and press the ‘Install’ button: Once installed, press ‘Activate’ to activate
cURL errors
What is cURL? cURL is a widely used method of transferring data from and to (web)servers via URLs. It is installed on most, if not all webservers which makes it an ideal tool to use. Really Simple SSL uses cURL for a number of things. The plugin uses cURL to open your webpage to check if the site can load over SSL, to test if your certificate is valid, and to connect to really-simple-ssl.com to activate your Really Simple SSL
cURL error 35: SSL connect error
The cURL error 35 can appear in the Really Simple SSL debug log when the CURL function cannot connect to your website using SSL. Curl often uses a different set of certificates, shipped with PHP. There are several things that can cause this problem, in most cases updating both cURL and PHP to a newer version will resolve this issue. If this doesn’t resolve the problem, please contact your webhosting company, as they can check why CURL is having issues.
How to fix mixed content in Elementor after moving to SSL
We often see mixed content on Elementor based sites after moving to SSL. Really Simple SSL Pro automatically handles this for you when you activate SSL. If you’re comfortable tweaking your URL settings manually, you can try the following solution: Be sure to create a backup of your database before performing the following steps Navigate to ‘Elementor->Tools->Replace URL’ and enter your old site address (with http://) and your new site address (with https://). You can find your current Site Address