Title: SSL/HTTPS appears to not work on the plugin using WordPress.com?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# SSL/HTTPS appears to not work on the plugin using WordPress.com?

 *  Resolved [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/)
 * I need to use the plugin on a site using SSL. I changed the plugin vode from 
   this:
 * `return 'http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/' . urlencode( $url ) . '?w=' . $width.'&
   h=' . $height;`
 * to this:
 * `return 'https://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/' . urlencode( $url ) . '?w=' . $width.'&
   h=' . $height;`
 * Note: I only added **https**.
 * However, when I try https, the wordpress.com server appears to not respond. Is
   there a method by which we can return https? Any ideas?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/browser-shots/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/browser-shots/)

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 *  Thread Starter [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227185)
 * I just checked and the wordpress.com server uses SSL, but it is a self-signed
   certificate, so browsers and servers will not be able to authenticate it without
   a lot of work (and trust). Maybe WordPress.com can add s non-self-signed SSL 
   to that server?
 *  Plugin Author [binarymoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarymoon/)
 * (@binarymoon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227311)
 * Hi there – thanks for the tip. That’s a good catch with the browser shots secure
   url.
 * Unfortunately there’s no way for me to get wordpress.com to change the certificate
   since I am not affiliated with them in any way.
 * I’ll send them a message and point out the problem but I would be surprised if
   they did anything about it 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227354)
 * Many thanks and I completely understand. On another thread I found on github 
   the mshots opensource package, but I need to use it on a hosted account and I
   don’t have full root access to the server, so I need a “hosted” mshots solution.
 * I would also be very very happy to donate the $75 to get WordPress.com a Comodo
   SSL for that domain. 🙂
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227397)
 * Change the plugin to use s0.wordpress.com instead. That one will work and has
   proper SSL support. The s.wordpress.com address should no longer be used.
 *  Thread Starter [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227398)
 * Excellent, that you Otto! This works well.
 *  Plugin Author [binarymoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarymoon/)
 * (@binarymoon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227404)
 * awesome – thanks Otto. I’ll update the plugin!
 *  Thread Starter [WPChina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresschina/)
 * (@wordpresschina)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227406)
 * I manually updated my version of the plugin. Do you expect that URL to be the
   only change? I’ll be able to just update and copy over what I did, correct?
 *  Plugin Author [binarymoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarymoon/)
 * (@binarymoon)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227411)
 * yeah – that’s fine. I tidied up some code but little else has actually changed.
 *  [Kai Niermann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joloshop/)
 * (@joloshop)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227429)
 * this helped me on my side a lot just use `https://s0.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/
   http://www.wordpress.org/?w=680`
    and it is now SSL 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [binarymoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarymoon/)
 * (@binarymoon)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227430)
 * Great – glad it helped!

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## Tags

 * [HTTPS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/https/)
 * [SSL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl/)

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 * Last reply from: [binarymoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarymoon/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sslhttps-appears-to-not-work-on-the-plugin-using-wordpresscom/#post-6227430)
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