Title: Dashboard widget breaks SSL
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Dashboard widget breaks SSL

 *  [84EM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/84em/)
 * (@84em)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-widget-breaks-ssl/)
 * The dashboard widget is loading the Wordfence logo via http from the wordfence.
   com server, thus breaking the SSL on any WordPress site that is running SSL.
 * May I suggest that the Wordfence logo simply be embedded into the plugin so it
   can be loaded from the same site?
 * This would prevent SSL errors and also eliminate the scenario in which wordfence.
   com might be unreachable (down, network connectivity, etc) and cause users’ dashboards
   to load slowly, waiting for that image to load.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  Thread Starter [84EM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/84em/)
 * (@84em)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-widget-breaks-ssl/#post-5988529)
 * I’m disappointed that this received no replies in the last 2 weeks. A security
   plugin that breaks SSL is kind of a big deal (in my mind, anyway).
 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-widget-breaks-ssl/#post-5988530)
 * Sorry this was overlooked. I’ll pass on your suggestions and have the SSL issue
   investigated.
 * -Brian

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dashboard-widget-breaks-ssl/#post-5988530)
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