Title: Adding Site with Lets Encrypt SSL
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Adding Site with Lets Encrypt SSL

 *  Resolved [arcticblue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arcticblue/)
 * (@arcticblue)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-site-with-lets-encrypt-ssl/)
 * Hi there!
 * Is there any known bugs or other knowledge about problems when adding a new child-
   site with lets encrypt ssl.. ?
 * Thanks !
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mainwp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mainwp/)

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 *  Plugin Author [mainwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mainwp/)
 * (@mainwp)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-site-with-lets-encrypt-ssl/#post-7295821)
 * We haven’t had any reports of issues.
 *  [zigpress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zigpress/)
 * (@zigpress)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-site-with-lets-encrypt-ssl/#post-7295901)
 * I’ve done it. Here’s what I learned:
 * 1. MainWP server must have up to date CURL and OpenSSL
    2. This means running
   Apache 2.4 not 2.2 3. For me, this meant switching from MAMP to XAMPP 4. In MainWP
   site setting, I had to set the SSL type dropdown to TLS 1.2
 * Then everything was fine.
 *  Plugin Author [mainwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mainwp/)
 * (@mainwp)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-site-with-lets-encrypt-ssl/#post-7295903)
 * In Step 4, as far as I know, Let’s Encrypt certificate is simply an SSL certificate,
   it does not require TLS to be set up. So that shouldn’t affect the installation.
 * For the easiest experience with local host setup I recommend using [DeskTopServer](https://serverpress.com/get-desktopserver/),
   check [How to use DesktopServer to run your MainWP Dashboard locally](https://mainwp.com/how-to-use-desktopserver-to-run-your-mainwp-dashboard-locally/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-site-with-lets-encrypt-ssl/#post-7295903)
 * Status: resolved