PHP7 and LetsEncrypt ![rw-book-cover](https://ma.tt/wp-json/social-image-generator/v1/image/45684) ## Metadata - Author: [[Matt Mullenweg]] - Full Title: PHP7 and LetsEncrypt - Category: #articles - Summary: LetsEncrypt is available as a beta so everyone can have free SSL, and PHP7 is released which will double the speed of many PHP apps, including WordPress. And it was the first day of WordCamp US, if you missed it definitely livestream tomorrow. (I’m doing the State of the Word at 5pm ET. - URL: https://ma.tt/2015/12/php7-and-letsencrypt/ [LetsEncrypt is available as a beta](https://letsencrypt.org/2015/12/03/entering-public-beta.html) so everyone can have free SSL, and [PHP7 is released which will double the speed of many PHP apps](http://andigutmans.com/2015/12/03/the-web-is-about-to-get-2x-faster-engineering-heroism-at-its-best/), including WordPress. And it was the [first day of WordCamp US](https://2015.us.wordcamp.org/), if you missed it definitely [livestream tomorrow](https://2015.us.wordcamp.org/live-stream/). (I’m doing the State of the Word at 5pm ET.) A pretty awesome day for the web., PHP7 and LetsEncrypt, Matt Mullenweg, 01gnmcyhnjk96t1v9y7j17s91f.