Category: SSL & HTTPS
Installing a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate
Most hosting providers will provide you with an SSL certificate. Really Simple Security attempts to detect and enforce the installed SSL certificate automatically. If your hosting provider does not offer free SSL certificates, but does allow for the installation of third-party SSL certificates: you can generate a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate with Really Simple Security. The below steps will guide you through the SSL generation process. Note: your Hosting Provider may restrict the installation of third-party SSL certificates. Therefore,
About SSL Labs
Qualys’ SSL labs is a free, in-depth tool to test your deployment of SSL on your server. NB. You can run an SSL health check with Qualys SSL Labs directly within Really Simple SSL. This SSL health check does not only contain your SSL certificate, but also pertains to server configurations that can only be improved by your hosting provider. What are the most important metrics? The score is calculated by a mix of metrics, including server configurations, your SSL
Really Simple SSL per Page and Social no longer supported
Really Simple SSL Per Page and Really Simple Social, bot Premium add-ons for Really Simple SSL are no longer supported after updating to Really Simple SSL 6.0 and, or Really Simple SSL Pro 6.0 our upcoming major release. The plugins will still work, but not in conjunction with our main plugins or future WordPress or PHP updates. The plugins will no longer receive any updates and are deprecated as of October 1st 2022. We recommend all users to update to
Installing an SSL certificate on MediaTemple
After generating your Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate in Really Simple Security (step-by-step instructions here), you will have received three files: CRT, KEY and CABUNDLE. These files have to be uploaded in your MediaTemple Dashboard, after which your site will be secured with SSL. Login to the MediaTemple user portal Navigate to the “Overview” page Find your domain in the list of sites and click the domain where SSL should be installed Select “Manage SSL Certificate Options” or “SSL Options” (this
About our General Settings
Redirect method This setting allows you to determine how to implement the Really Simple SSL 301 redirect from HTTP to HTTPS. No redirect – Prevents Really Simple SSL from adding any redirects. Use when you prefer to manually add redirects or using a different plugin 301 PHP redirect – Only use if your server doesn’t utilize .htaccess and if your site isn’t relying on caching mechanisms (like most WordPress websites). 301 .htaccess redirect – The recommended value for Apache servers