Will I need an SSL certificate?

[Raina N]

Will I need an SSL certificate? I’ll be using WooCommerce, and a Paypal account.

I’ll be offering painting classes, and not sure if I’ll also need the Events Calendar Pro to go with the Events Ticket Plus?

Thanks,
Raina

[George]

Hey Raina,

Thanks for reaching out!

First, you do NOT need to get Events Calendar Pro to use Event Tickets Plus. 🙂

Next, when it comes to SSL you generally do not need it if you are going to use PayPal. See this page on the WooCommerce documentation: https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/paypal-standard/

To quote it directly:

The payment is made offsite on the PayPal website and not your checkout. Adding an SSL certificate is optional but definitely encouraged. More and more an SSL certificate is becoming a ranking factor in search results, and it keeps any information transmitted to and from your site secure.

If you use other payment methods, you will likely need SSL but not for PayPal.

I hope this information helps!
George

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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