Unable to update themes and plug-ins with 4.4.1

You mean WordPress 4.4, there’s no 4.4.1 yet. ??

Which is important, because this will be fixed in 4.4.1: https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/34976

For now, you can “update” plugins and themes by deleting and installing the latest version.

Deleting and attempting to reinstall a plug-in (Ninja Forms) results in this exact same error for me. Get same error when I tried to install a completely new plug-in (Theme-Check). I have reservations about deleting any additional plug-ins.

Looks like I will wait for the 4.4.1 fix and hope that resolves my issues. Thanks for setting me straight on the current version. I’d read ticket 34976 and for some reason thought it had been closed and wp already updated to 4.4.1. I should’ve just given up and gone to bed. ??

How about if you install a plugin you don’t have? Do you get the same error?

Yes. Same error when installing a plug in I don’t already have – tried 2 different plug-ins.

Ok, in this case, I recommend contacting your hosting provider, it sounds like a server misconfiguration.

Just tried to update plug-ins again and something interesting occured:

• Feedjit Live Traffic Feed updated successfully
• HandHeld updated successfully.
• Quotes Collection updated successfully.

Akismet, Captcha, Contact Form, Gallery, and The Event Calendar failed with the same error as in my original email.

Are you able to delete and reinstall any of those?

Contacted my hosting provider (Lunarpages). I am sharing their response in case it may help someone else in the same boat:

The issue is due to the recent WordPress Update that requires connection to www.ads-software.com to only use the latest version of OpenSSL. Unfortunately, you are on CentOS 4 server and we cannot upgrade OpenSSL on CentOS 4 machine as the latest OpenSSL only support CentOS 6.

(They’ve offered to move my site to a server that can be upgraded.)
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Try the fix in this post;

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/getting-download-failed-error0d0890a1asn1-encoding-routinesfunc137reason?replies=10

Or the quick plugin file that the other user posted.

Let us know if it fixes it. Your host should deal with this issue as its them and not you nor WordPress issue.

I highly recommend taking the offer to move to a new server. Being stuck with an outdated version of OpenSSL leaves you open to a lot more than just an inability to update plugins/themes.

Host updated me to new openSSL server. Just tried to update plug-ins and get the exact same error that I started with. Also tried to install a new plug in – both give same error:
‘Download failed. error:0D0890A1:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_verify:unknown message digest algorithm’

Now this is getting frustrating. ??

Ok, time to direct that back to the hosting provider then. That’s still a server configuration issue.

Host provider (Lunarpages) was very helpful in moving site to one of their CentOS 6 servers, and with increasing memory allocated to PHP.

I was using an outdated theme that would have required purchasing a new license to update, so I switched to a free theme.

I also went back to WP 4.3.1 for now.

Problems solved.

Excellent, 4.4.1 is due in just a few days.