Conflict with WP 5.7 https, error establishing secure outbound connections
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Hi, after the recent update to WordPress 5.7, my woocommerce cart and checkout pages are timing out, getting errors establishing outbound connections via https.
Also getting the following error on the WordPress Add Plugin page, on 2 different sites, hosted on the same shared server, both have Really Simple SSL and WordPress 5.7.
Not sure if host issue, or plugin conflict.
Warning: An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with ww.wp.xz.cn or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums. (WordPress could not establish a secure connection to ww.wp.xz.cn. Please contact your server administrator.) in /home/mydirectory/public_html/mydomain.com/wp-includes/update.php on line 614
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Good day friend,
I had been battling this issue since my host auto-updated my site to WordPress 5.7, over 2 weeks!I only experienced issues on my cart and checkout pages. Upgraded a different site manually to WP 5.7, then noticed the headline of Improved HTTPS Detection and Migration upon my upgrade.
Then it clicked, WooCommerce requires https so maybe there is a conflict with WP latest enhancement and a SSL plugin. Quickly disabled and my issue was resolved, as I no longer had internet connection timeouts when I would use the inspect tool via Chrome browser> console.
In summary, I was able to resolve my issue by removing the plugin.
In full disclosure, both sites were also running the Redirection plugin, so is possible those two weren’t playing together well, but never had any with them conflicting over the past 2 years (and it is still running on both sites currently).
Thank you so much for the Really Simple SSL plugin, and all the time you have put into the development and support for community. It was truly a well written plugin and saved my bacon many times.
Good day!
Just wanted to follow-up and report my findings.
After 3 weeks of intermittent issues, review by 3 tier 4 admins, my webhost finally acknowledge my shared server was under DDoS attack, and they were using a hardware appliance to manage the threat which was blocking my secure connections in-turn throwing an array of errors.
Moved to a new host and all problems have been absent for 5 days.
In summary, no issues found between Really Simple SSL and WordPress 5.7 HTTPS Detect & Migrate feature. Just needed to fire HostGator!
Thanks to all for your time & support!!
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