With the release of WordPress 5.7 a new core feature was introduced. Site users who have a certificate, but still need to change their URL’s from ‘HTTP’ to ‘HTTPS’ can now update their website to use SSL under Site Health.
But what's the difference?
And more importantly, what are the extra features from Really Simple SSL . Below you will find the differences and extra features.
Really Simple SSL
- Changing the WordPress and Site address to HTTPS.
- Migrating content to HTTPS, this includes non-www and www. Also includes a wider range of content on your website.
- Redirect to HTTPS
- Rest API redirect over HTTPS
- Possible redirect with .htaccess. This will increase performance and won't affect caching.
- Detailed server checkes to conform with hosting settings, for example Load Balancers or CDN's.
- Secure cookies with HttpOnly, secure and use_only_cookies
- Permalinks check after migration, to prevent 404's
- Specific Multisite capabilities for different configurations
- User-interface to control your SSL settings to your needs.
- Remotely reverting settings
- Dedicated support and feature updates
Site Health Update
- Changing the WordPress and Site address to HTTPS.
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Migrating content to HTTPS The migration is restricted to your exact home_url, and won't consider all HTML elements on your website.
If you have any questions, please let us know! For more information about our new feature for Really Simple SSL, read our article about Secure cookies with HttpOnly, secure and use_only_cookies
