Security warnings when visiting the site
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Got a few visitors sending me information that visiting my site throws up security warnings even when using https. Not sure what the issue is, is there something I can do? The site’s about games so not sure what the problem can be there…
Thanks!
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I’ve never seen anything like it, but I’m experiencing that issue too…I’ve tagged WordPress.com staff to see what’s going on and if they can help.
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Hi there,
I don’t see anything wrong with it. Can you please ask your visitors for the exact error message, and if possible to provide us with a screenshot?
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Hi there, no WordPressdotcom site uses www in the site address. Is it possible that is the address that they are trying to access?
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Hey – I have been adding www when linking on Twitter and such, can this be the cause of the problem? Here is a link to a screenshot, can’t find a way to link directly here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qb4qp1WGn8JkJLj_GJtzexHQui_anLaT/view?usp=drivesdk
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Likely. As I mentioned above, there is no www in any WordPressdotcom site address.
Here’s what I see when visiting https://www.historianon.wordpress.com/
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As @justjennifer correctly pointed out (thanks for noticing it!), it’s not correct to add www to a .wordpress.com address (nor it is possible).
Please use the correct URL for your site:
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Dear Staff,
I see I have tested on what @historianon is talking about,
It seems issue only when you’re using free plan, and if it’s on a custom domain with a plan there is no issue for that.
I have seen the other sites which are not using .wordpress.com (free plan) and added “www” then it won’t show the warning messages.When I visit: https://www.vishalmukadam.wordpress.com it shows the warning,
and but when I visit https://www.doctrpal.com then it doesn’t show the error message.I also agree that WordPress.com does not use www version as @justjennifer said.
It should automatically take to non “www” version of WordPress.comThanks!
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Dear Staff,
Just to summarize the issue:
If your website is on the free version of WordPress.com the site it is not re-directing to non “www” version, but if you are using a Plan then it automatically redirects to non “www” version, that’s it.When I visit: https://www.vishalmukadam.wordpress.com it shows the warning, it should be redirected to https://vishalmukadam.wordpress.com
, but when I visit https://www.doctrpal.com then it doesn’t show the error message
it automatically re-directs to https://doctrpal.comHoping this will help to figure out the issue. Thanks!
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Thanks for noticing the issue and informing us, hope this will be fixed soon.
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Hi there,
Just to clarify, this is how it’s supposed to work, and there’s nothing to fix.
http://example.wordpress.com, http://www.example.wordpress.com, and https://example.wordpress.com will all redirect to https://example.wordpress.com if you type them in a browser.
https://www.example.wordpress.com will always give an error.
This is due to the way www and https redirects work on free WordPress.com subdomains.
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https://www.example.wordpress.com will always give an error.
This is due to the way www and https redirects work on free WordPress.com subdomains.
Thanks for the information and correcting me.
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Hi there, I also recently being informed by my readers about the security warning while visiting my site , https://www.siennylovesdrawing.wordpress.com/
Please help to check or how can I proceed from here with WordPress team? Any contact email / contact method I can reach out for help?
Thanks in advance all
Cheers,
Sienny -
Hey!
If you remove the “www.” when linking your site, that should fix it – that did it for me.
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