Unable to Validate Pro Licence After Following Forum Advice

[oowaying]

Hi,

I like so many others am having issue validating my Pro licence. I have followed the advice of the following post:

Unable to validate Licence with error message

Hey @ctrlaltlike, Thanks for writing in! This error message is related to SSL, your PHP configuration may not be configured properly. We would advise contacting your host about this. In the meantime, you can fix your WordPress installation by adding this code to a child theme: add_filter( 'https_ssl_verify', '__return_false' ); This allows WordPress to skip verification when making outbound HTTP requests I would recommend that you contact your host. Using the error message above, you can co…

I have contacted my hosts who have made all of the changes recommended and confirmed that they are in effect. Unfortunately I am still receiving the following error when trying to validate:

cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired

My host have once again confirmed that everything has been configured correctly and so it looks to be an issue with the theme itself. I’d be grateful for any help with regard to this.

[Meister]

I have the same problem ! Same error message when trying to paste the key…
Any help from Support ?
Thx in advance

[marc_a]

Hi @oowaying,

Thanks for reaching out!

The issue has nothing to do with the theme but it is an SSL certificate problem. To bypass the issue, you need to add this code in your child theme functions.php.

add_filter( 'https_ssl_verify', '__return_false' );

@Meister,
Please follow my suggestion above.

Thank you.

[oowaying]

Hi Marc, thank you that seems to have worked

[Meister]

@marc_a

add_filter( ‘https_ssl_verify’, ‘__return_false’ );

Nice for me too !
Thx

[prakash_s]

You are most welcome @Meister

[RubberDuckers]

Also got the same just now - whilst the snippet is useful, what actually is the problem? Anything we can do with the SSL certs to fix it? As mine hasn’t expired

[marc_a]

Hi @RubberDuckers,

This issue didn’t occurs on our development website so I believe that it has something to do with your server configuration. I suggest that you reach them out and ask for further assistance.

Hope that helps.