Category: SSL & HTTPS
How to fix posts with blocked resources on domains without SSL certificate
If you have Really Simple SSL Pro installed, you might get the warning that some posts contain a reference to an external resource that cannot load over SSL. This mostly concerns hot-linked images. An example: if a post contains an image that is actually located on another domain: <img src=”http://www.not-your-domain.com/image.jpg”> and that domain does not have an SSL certificate, this image won’t load on SSL. This might also happen with javascript files (.js), or stylesheets (.css) Solution: click the “fix” button
How to fix CSS and JS files with mixed content on other domains
If you have Really Simple SSL Pro installed, you might get the warning that your site contains references to JS or CSS files on other domains which in turn contain non-secure links. For example, your site might include a .js file from a service you run on your site. If this JavaScript file, in turn, includes another file over http://, this will result in mixed content errors. To fix this, you can try to ask the file owner on that
How to fix CSS and JS files with mixed content
If you have Really Simple SSL Pro installed, you might get the warning that your site contains JS or CSS files which in turn contain non-secure links. For example, your site probably has style.css included. If this stylesheet uses a background image, this might look like this: body { background-image: url(“http://www.domain.com/paper.gif”); } This may cause mixed content issues because Really Simple SSL can’t fix this dynamically, as it is located in a CSS file. You can get four kinds of
How to fix blocked resources to domains without SSL certificate
If you have Really Simple SSL Pro installed, you might get the warning that your site contains a reference to an external resource that cannot load over SSL. If you see a domain looking like this one: “http://i0.wp.com”, you have a JetPack plugin, Photon, installed. Deactivate it, and this issue should be resolved. If this file is from a service you are using, it’s best to contact them and ask if the service can be provided over SSL as well, as
Manually insert .htaccess redirect http to https
Let Really Simple SSL handle the .htaccess redirect In most cases, you can let Really Simple SSL handle the .htaccess redirect. The plugin has an option that inserts the detected .htaccess redirect rules. To select it, log in to your WordPress admin, and navigate to: Settings / SSL / settings There you will find the option “Enable .htaccess 301 redirect”. If you enable it, Really Simple SSL will detect the best .htaccess redirect for your situation. Please note that in