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SSL Insecure Content Fixer

by webaware

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84 Quality Score
Active Installs
23/30

With 100,000 active installs, the plugin has a solid user base though it is dwarfed by category leaders like Really Simple SSL at 3 million installs, so popularity is solid but not dominant.

Update Freshness
25/25

The plugin was updated within days of the assessment and is tested against WordPress 7.0, indicating very active and current maintenance by the developer.

User Rating
14/15

A rating of 96 out of 100 from 221 reviewers signals exceptional user satisfaction and reliability reports from the installed base.

Support Health
8/15

Support health is the weakest signal here: zero support threads on record means there is either near-perfect reliability or that users have nowhere to turn when issues arise, which is a risk worth noting.

WP Compatibility
15/15

Tested against WordPress 7.0 and requiring only PHP 5.3 plus WordPress 4.0, the compatibility score is excellent and the plugin will run on virtually any modern WordPress host.

Scores higher than 94% of indexed plugins

About

Clean up WordPress website HTTPS insecure content

Active Installs 100k+
Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5
Last Updated 2026-05-12 5:29am GMT
Requires WordPress 4.0+
Tested Up To 7.0.4
Requires PHP 5.3+
✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

SSL Insecure Content Fixer detects and rewrites mixed content warnings on WordPress sites by scanning page output for HTTP references to scripts, stylesheets, images, and other assets, then serving them over HTTPS instead. It provides tiered fix levels so you can address progressively harder-to-find sources, including database content, widgets, and output from third-party plugins and themes. In practical terms, it removes the yellow padlock and mixed content errors that prevent a clean HTTPS lock icon in browsers.

Who It's For

This plugin is ideal for site owners who already have SSL installed but continue seeing browser mixed content warnings, especially on legacy sites with older content, hard-coded HTTP URLs, or themes and plugins that emit insecure references. It works well for small businesses, blogs, and membership sites migrating to HTTPS where rewrites at the server level are unavailable or insufficient. Developers who need granular control over which content levels are scanned will find the tiered detection model useful.

Who Should Skip It

If you are launching a brand new site or have full control over your content and theme, you likely will not need a fixer at all, since properly authored HTTPS content has no mixed content to repair. Sites using Really Simple SSL, Cloudflare, or a server-level redirect that already handles these rewrites cleanly can skip this plugin as a redundancy.

The Bottom Line

SSL Insecure Content Fixer earns an 84.29 overall quality score and is one of the most focused, well-maintained mixed-content cleaners available, with near-perfect user ratings and current WordPress 7.0 testing. Its main weakness is opaque support: zero public threads means you will lean on documentation and forums when something breaks. For most sites stuck with mixed content warnings after enabling SSL, it is a reliable, lightweight choice that does one job and does it well.

Tags

https insecure content mixed content partially encrypted ssl