What happens when your SSL certificate expires?
When you forget to renew your SSL certificate your visitors get a warning message.
Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead
Firefox detected an issue and did not continue to www.wealthyaffiliate.com. The website is either misconfigured or your computer clock is set to the wrong time.
It’s likely the website’s certificate is expired, which prevents Firefox from connecting securely. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.
What can you do about it?
The issue is most likely with the website, and there is nothing you can do to resolve it. You can notify the website’s administrator about the problem.
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Websites prove their identity via certificates, which are valid for a set time period. The certificate for www.wealthyaffiliate.com expired on 6/25/2022.
Error code: SEC_ERROR_EXPIRED_CERTIFICATE
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So don't forget to renew your SSL certificatres or your visitors will bounce and probibly never come back.
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Update. Carson got this fixed very quickly. Hopefully this will not happen again next year.
Oh. Very interesting observation and an example that even the most trustworthy websites can sometimes have minor issues that need to be taken care of. Thanks for the update!