Warning: An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.ads-software.com

I’ve been seeing this and similar oddities with plugin and theme installation lately, both on my own sites and client sites.

Usually, the problem disappears after a while.

If you can’t wait, the simplest solution is to download the plugin from here, and manually upload it via your site’s dashboard.

Please share with me the which theme are you using so that I can have a look.

I don’t know how well versed you’re with php. The function from WordPress core files which is causing this error is

if ( $ssl && is_wp_error( $request ) ) {
			trigger_error(
				sprintf(
					/* translators: %s: support forums URL */
					__( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with www.ads-software.com or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the <a href="%s">support forums</a>.' ),
					__( 'https://www.ads-software.com/support/' )
				) . ' ' . __( '(WordPress could not establish a secure connection to www.ads-software.com. Please contact your server administrator.)' ),
				headers_sent() || WP_DEBUG ? E_USER_WARNING : E_USER_NOTICE
			);
			$request = wp_remote_post( $http_url, $http_args );
		}

Something going wrong with the plugin installation process

* @type bool $is_ssl Whether links should be returned with https or not. Default false.

 * @return object|array|WP_Error Response object or array on success, WP_Error on failure. See the
 *         {@link https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/functions/plugins_api/ function reference article}
 *         for more information on the make-up of possible return values depending on the value of <code>$action</code>.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Saurabh Saneja. Reason: asking additional information

Please check out this forum

https://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/getting-errors-when-try-to-update-or-install-plugins