Server timing out after installing Certbot certificates

Hi, I've installed Wordpress on a Ubuntu 18.04 LAMP setup and the site was working fine under http.

I followed the guide on installing Certbot https://www.linode.com/docs/quick-answers/websites/secure-http-traffic-certbot/ and the certificate installed okay and I got the right messages as per the guide but now the site times out.

It is working in that if I type http it'll redirect to https. But a visit to https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html shows that it's unable to connect.

I've rebooted my Linode but still no joy. Any advice? I had my Wordpress URL set as http://www.mysite.com in the Admin panel (obviously my real URL) is that the problem?

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If your url is set to mysite.com in Wordpress and that’s not your url then that’s probably the problem.

Thanks, tried everything, in the end I just did a fresh install and it fixed it.

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