3.7 Search for Plugins in CP gives "unexpected error…"

I just put https://www.ads-software.com/nightly-builds/wordpress-3.7-latest.zip WordPress 3.7.1-RC1 and all works..

When will be 3.7.1 published?

@leisegang

immortal: Just Update Curl to latest version and problem will be solved

No it will not!

Updating cURL to a non-affected version would work. If you’re using GnuTLS then you would’ve been out of luck as every version of cURL suffers problems with it.

The www.ads-software.com systems team has been fiddling with the SSL configurations, and has changed it so that this error is avoided on the server-side, even when a bad version of cURL is used. Your WordPress install will still have trouble connecting to non-www.ads-software.com domains securely, but at least you’ll be able to install plugins/themes and get core updates.

If anyone was still experiencing problems, could you please try again and see if the problem is resolved?

Using 3.6.1
Unable to see update option to 3.7

Install plugins (search) page says:

An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.ads-software.com or this server’s configuration.

RSS feed validator plugin said:

Warning: strpos() [function.strpos]: Offset not contained in string in /home/hosthind/public_html/XXXXXXX.com/wp-content/plugins/rss-feed-validator/RSS-Feed-Checker.php on line 43

HTTPS Tester says:

[PASS]: Your WordPress install claims to support HTTPS Connections
[FAIL]: Checking that the HTTPS Root Certificate bundle exists and is accessible
[PASS]: cURL is installed and supports SSL communication, cURL Details: version_number=464896; age=3; features=34332; ssl_version_number=0; version=7.24.0; host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; ssl_version=OpenSSL/0.9.8b; libz_version=1.2.3; protocols=dict,file,ftp,ftps,gopher,http,https,imap,imaps,pop3,pop3s,rtsp,smtp,smtps,telnet,tftp
[PASS]: OpenSSL is installed. OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008 9469999
[PASS]: Checking if stream_socket_client exists
[PASS]: Checking if openssl_x509_parse exists
[FAIL]: Verifying api.www.ads-software.com resolves correctly. api.www.ads-software.com
[FAIL]: [Streams] Communication with www.ads-software.com failed with error: [http_request_failed]: Could not open handle for fopen() to https://api.www.ads-software.com/
[FAIL]: [Streams with a POST body] Communication with www.ads-software.com failed with error: [http_request_failed]: Could not open handle for fopen() to https://api.www.ads-software.com/
[FAIL]: [cURL] Communication with www.ads-software.com failed with error: [http_request_failed]: name lookup timed out
[FAIL]: [cURL with a POST body] Communication with www.ads-software.com failed with error: [http_request_failed]: name lookup timed out
[INFO]: PHP Version: 5.2.17

before a standard practice to disable all plugins and so on.. I just want to know if there any server side issue from above tester report?

Thanks

Problem was in server configuration

Domain was unable to retrieve the name servers.

root@hindi [~]# host XXXXX.com
;; connection timed out; trying next origin
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
root@hindi[~]#

They have corrected the “resolv.conf” to fix the issue

HTTPS Tester now says:

[PASS]: Your WordPress install claims to support HTTPS Connections
[PASS]: Checking that the HTTPS Root Certificate bundle exists and is accessible
[PASS]: cURL is installed and supports SSL communication, cURL Details: version_number=464896; age=3; features=34332; ssl_version_number=0; version=7.24.0; host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; ssl_version=OpenSSL/0.9.8b; libz_version=1.2.3; protocols=dict,file,ftp,ftps,gopher,http,https,imap,imaps,pop3,pop3s,rtsp,smtp,smtps,telnet,tftp
[PASS]: OpenSSL is installed. OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008 9469999
[PASS]: Checking if stream_socket_client exists
[PASS]: Checking if openssl_x509_parse exists
[PASS]: Verifying api.www.ads-software.com resolves correctly.
[PASS]: [Streams] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.269 seconds
[PASS]: [Streams with a POST body] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.182 seconds
[PASS]: [cURL] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.242 seconds
[PASS]: [cURL with a POST body] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.178 seconds
[INFO]: PHP Version: 5.2.17

Thanks

Problem was in server configuration

Domain was unable to retrieve the name servers.

root@hindi [~]# host XXXXX.com
;; connection timed out; trying next origin
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
root@hindi[~]#

They have corrected the “resolv.conf” to fix the issue

HTTPS Tester now says:

[PASS]: Your WordPress install claims to support HTTPS Connections
[PASS]: Checking that the HTTPS Root Certificate bundle exists and is accessible
[PASS]: cURL is installed and supports SSL communication, cURL Details: version_number=464896; age=3; features=34332; ssl_version_number=0; version=7.24.0; host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; ssl_version=OpenSSL/0.9.8b; libz_version=1.2.3; protocols=dict,file,ftp,ftps,gopher,http,https,imap,imaps,pop3,pop3s,rtsp,smtp,smtps,telnet,tftp
[PASS]: OpenSSL is installed. OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 01 Jul 2008 9469999
[PASS]: Checking if stream_socket_client exists
[PASS]: Checking if openssl_x509_parse exists
[PASS]: Verifying api.www.ads-software.com resolves correctly.
[PASS]: [Streams] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.269 seconds
[PASS]: [Streams with a POST body] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.182 seconds
[PASS]: [cURL] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.242 seconds
[PASS]: [cURL with a POST body] Communication with www.ads-software.com suceeded, it took 1.178 seconds
[INFO]: PHP Version: 5.2.17

Hi,

I tried the HTTPS Tester plugin and I have this message:
[FAIL]: Checking if stream_socket_client exists

How can I solve this problem?

thx,
Cavey85

@cavey85 – this thread is marked resolved – please start a new one so someone can help you with your own issue.

Ohh, I am so sorry! ??

Bye