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Better performance

For better performance we recommend enabling the gmp extension (GNU Multiple Precision).

Install the gmp extension

In Ubuntu you would do:

sudo apt-get install php7.2-gmp

# then restart apache with
sudo service apache2 restart

# or php-fpm (nginx)
sudo service php-fpm restart

Cannot generate the VAPID keys automatically

This happens if you have PHP <= 7.2 and miss the gmp extension. Perfecty Push will be disabled until you install the gmp extension or generate the keys manually.

Installing the gmp extension

Follow the instructions to install it above, and then deactivate/activate the plugin from the WordPress plugin UI. This will generate the keys automatically for you.

Generating the VAPID keys manually using openssl

From your WordPress server run:

openssl ecparam -genkey -name prime256v1 -out private_key.pem
openssl ec -in private_key.pem -pubout -outform DER|tail -c 65|base64|tr -d '=' |tr '/+' '_-' > public_key.txt
openssl ec -in private_key.pem -outform DER|tail -c +8|head -c 32|base64|tr -d '=' |tr '/+' '_-' > private_key.txt

cat private_key.txt
cat public_key.txt

Once you've created the keys, set those values in Perfecty Push > Settings > Vapid Private Key / Vapid Public Key.

However, the recommended solution is to install and enable the gmp extension.

The VAPID keys are missing in Perfecty Push. Generate the VAPID keys.

This is due to two reasons:

• You use PHP 7.2 and you didn't have the gmp extension enabled, however now you have it.
• You have deleted the VAPID keys from the Settings.

In any case, you can generate them automatically by deactivating/activating your plugin from the WordPress plugin UI (this won't remove your data).