Title: OpenSSL required
Last modified: September 12, 2016

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# OpenSSL required

 *  Resolved [andreu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreu/)
 * (@andreu)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openssl-required/)
 * Hi,
 * After enabling the plugin a message “WooCommerce Gateway PayPal Express Checkout
   requires OpenSSL >= 1.0.1 to be installed on your server” appears.
 * I have a basic RapidSSL certificate on my server and I’m working through HTTPS.
   Is that not enough?
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Hannah S.L.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fernashes/)
 * (@fernashes)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openssl-required/#post-8200587)
 * Hi there,
 * > I have a basic RapidSSL certificate on my server and I’m working through HTTPS.
   Is that not enough?
 * This will be based on your server’s settings. If you take a look at WooCommerce
   > Settings > System Stats, then scroll down to Server Environment and then cURL
   Version, you’ll see what version is installed on your server. If this isn’t at
   least 1.0.1, you’ll need to contact your host to upgrade.
 *  Thread Starter [andreu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andreu/)
 * (@andreu)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openssl-required/#post-8203700)
 * Thank you, I have 0.9.8 so I’ll contact with my server admins to see what we 
   can do with it.
 * Best,
 *  Plugin Contributor [Hannah S.L.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fernashes/)
 * (@fernashes)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openssl-required/#post-8221944)
 * Please do update the thread when you know more and mark it as resolved if your
   question has been answered.
 * Thanks!
 *  [mr86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr86/)
 * (@mr86)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openssl-required/#post-9199801)
 * Hi,
    I’m receiving the same error on my wordpress backend.
 * > WooCommerce Gateway PayPal Express Checkout requires OpenSSL >= 1.0.1 to be
   > installed on your server
 * Woocommerce > System Stats shows
    cURL version: 7.48.0, OpenSSL/1.0.1e
 * I’m hosting this on godaddy shared hosting account. and have purchased ssl from
   them.
 * On my test environment hosting on 1&1 i don’t have this issue.
 * Consequently, order placed through paypal are stuck at “Pending-payment”
 * Any help and guidance is greatly appreciated.
 *  [mr86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr86/)
 * (@mr86)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openssl-required/#post-9203296)
 * Hi,
    To anyone having similar issue, using paypal Shared web hosting account.
   login to your host using SSH. run command curl -i [https://tlstest.paypal.com](https://tlstest.paypal.com)
   Should return a 200 status if test passes. mine returned Unknown SSL protocol
   error in connection to tlstest.paypal.com:443
 * Solution:
    Godaddy’s Shared WebHosting only support version 5.3 & 5.4. PHP 5.6
   or above is required for to resolve this error. Godaddy upgraded my plan to Cpanel
   hosting which supports PHP 5.6 (still not 7 like most other hosts), but it seem
   to have resolved the issue.
 * Hope this helps someone.

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## Tags

 * [godaddy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/godaddy/)
 * [paypal express](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/paypal-express/)
 * [php 5.4](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php-5-4/)
 * [SSL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl/)

 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [mr86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mr86/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/openssl-required/#post-9203296)
 * Status: resolved