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Apple cert verification issue

Hi, my client has a website. I am trying to verify the Apple Pay certificate for his woocommerce website to integrate Apple Pay, but whenever I do the verification, it says error.

PS i have placed the cert in .well-known folder of the website directory.


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Bobby Iliev
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March 26, 2025

Hey!

I would suggest making sure the file is accessible at: https://yourdomain.com/.well-known/apple-developer-merchantid-domain-association

Also, check that there are no redirects because Apple requires a direct 200 OK response and if there are any redirects it will fail.

Also make sure your server isn’t forcing a Content-Type like text/html; it should be application/json or left default.

You could also try checking your access logs on the server to see if there are any errors in there that could point you to the right direction.

Let me know how it goes!

- Bobby

alexdo
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March 27, 2025

Heya, @f2d2e56f4ac54882bed952594667fd

Some security or redirect plugins (like Really Simple SSL, Wordfence, or even themes) can block or rewrite .well-known/*.

You can try to temporarily disabling security/caching plugins or adding an exception in .htaccess for .well-known

Hope that this helps!

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