Solution: cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

Issue when updating WordPress. You will receive this error when updating WordPress.

Error: cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate. Failed to request via WordPress: cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem.

Solution:  A valid SSL Certificate needs to be installed on your domain. You  can either installed a self-signed certificate provided by your Web Hosting provider or purchase a trusted certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA).

Some webhosts like GoDaddy do not provide a free self-signed SSL certificate and might ask you to purchase a trusted SSL certificate.  If you do not have a valid SSL certificate and dont want to buy a SSL certificate or need a quick workaround to update your WordPress installation, then you can get a free SSL certificate which is provided by some websites. Here is how.

Visit https://decoder.link/csr_generator

Generate CSR, Private key and CRT. And copy each one and save it on your local computer.

Use the CSR, Private key and CRT that you get from above site and follow the SSL Certificate installation procedure as applicable to your webserver.  Instructions for installing SSL certificate on a cPanel is given here.

After installing a SSL certificate on your server/domain, you should be able to update WordPress without the cURL error.

 

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Promotional SMS – SenderID Identification

Here is a quick way to identify the type of SMS you receive.

Generally, you will receive different types of SMSes in your phone – SMS for marketing a product or service, SMS from your bank or any institution you have commercial relationship with and private SMS communication from your friends, relatives and any individual.

  1. From id / header to identify Promotional / Marketing SMS:

From address of SMS related to Banking, Insurance starts with 1
Example: 107070
From address of SMS related to Real Estate starts with 2
Example:
From address of SMS related to Education start with 3
Example:
From address of SMS related to Health starts with 4
Example: 
From address of SMS related to Consumer Goods starts with 5
Example: 530000, 551515
From address of SMS related to Communication/Entertainment starts with 6
Example: 611123, 650025, 693742
From address of SMS not related to any category starts with 0
Example: 067890, 012029

2. From id / Sender id for Transactional SMS:

Example: AP-XXXXXX, VD-XXXXXX, CP-XXXXX where X is a 6 digita alpha-numeric characters.