{"id":1298,"date":"2019-10-20T09:57:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/10\/20\/3428357-how-to-fix-the-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch-error-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T04:55:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T04:55:03","slug":"3428357-how-to-fix-the-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch-error-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3428357-how-to-fix-the-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch-error-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix the ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH error at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">If your website shows an error related to the SSL version or cipher mismatch and you are using Cloudflare, follow these steps to fix it:<\/p><h2 id=\"h_16fb5dfaac\">Step 1 &ndash; Reset Universal SSL<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Log in to your Cloudflare account at<b> <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare.com<\/a><\/b> and <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6299503-troubleshooting-cloudflare-universal-ssl-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disable Universal SSL<\/a><\/b>:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After disabling it, wait a few minutes for changes to take effect, then <b>enable Universal SSL again<\/b>.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_7710e79447\">Step 2 &ndash; Clear the Cloudflare Cache<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Now, to make sure that you are getting the latest version of your website, <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5782209-how-to-purge-the-cloudflare-cache-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purge the Cloudflare cache<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Once it&rsquo;s done, give it a few minutes, and your site should be back up and working.<\/p><p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>If you&rsquo;re seeing a different SSL warning instead, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583317-how-to-fix-not-secure-or-not-private-connection-errors-at-hostinger\/\">how to fix &ldquo;Not Secure&rdquo; or &ldquo;Not Private&rdquo; connection errors at Hostinger. <\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you&rsquo;re not using Cloudflare or the issue persists, you can find more information in the following tutorial: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/how-to-fix-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding and fixing the ERR SSL VERSION OR CIPHER MISMATCH error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-troubleshooting"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3428357-how-to-fix-the-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch-error-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/3428357-como-arreglar-el-error-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/3428357-comment-corriger-l-erreur-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/3428357-cara-memperbaiki-error-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/3428357-como-corrigir-o-erro-err_ssl_version_or_cipher_mismatch-no-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15378,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions\/15378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}