I provide a link to my site but get the error that ‘Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead’

  • Unknown's avatar

    I provide link to my site in email and people try to go there but get the error Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead. I see that wordpress installs an SSL certificate. How do I make sure people do not get that message when attempting to access my wordpress site hosted here at wordpress (format of link is: https://mysite.wordpress.com. I see that I should not get this issue because security certificates are installed by LetsEncrypt. When I try to contact support on this site, it comes to the forum so not sure where to go from here.

  • Hi there,

    Which site is this for? I see you have a few on your account. I visited both of your sites and did not see this error message (for me the site loads fine) but if you can confirm which site is at issue, we can take a closer look.

    Also, is it possible to get more info on the “Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead” you are seeing? Along with that message Firefox includes some other error code info, which you can see listed here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-does-your-connection-is-not-secure-mean

    Which error code are you seeing along with the Warning message? Thanks for the additional info!

  • Unknown's avatar

    the site is for the sarinasummers.wordpress.com
    I would post a screen shot.
    I sent an email to a handful of people with that link in an html email and we all get the message when going to the site. I have screenshot of message (big yellow box) but not sure how to post the link

  • Unknown's avatar

    I mean not sure how to post the picture here for you to see.

  • To share a screenshot with us, you can upload it to the Media Library on your site, and then copy the image URL. You can see a video of how to do this here: https://d.pr/v/Fcnerp

    Once you have the image URL just paste it into your reply and we will be able to see your screenshot, thanks!

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