Category: Troubleshooting
How to install Really Simple Security Pro
Getting started: The installation of Really Simple Security Pro works just like any other plugin, except that you can’t download it from the WordPress.org Repository, you have to upload it yourself. Like when you manually install a WordPress plugin. Do I still need Really Simple Security Free when using the Pro plugin? Since version 8.0 of Really Simple Security, it is no longer necessary to have both the Free and Pro version of Really Simple Security enabled next to each
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 solve a http 500 error on activation of Really Simple Security
When you get a white screen or http error after activating Really Simple SSL, this can have two main causes: your site is low on memory, or, there is a plugin conflicting with the flushing of the rewrite rules. Low memory on your site when activating Really Simple SSL can result in an http 500 error page. Sometimes you can resolve this by deactivating your caching plugin. Why does this happen, does Really Simple SSL take so much memory? No,