Title: cURL error 28:
Last modified: February 6, 2017

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# cURL error 28:

 *  [Skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippyotf/)
 * (@skippyotf)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-28-3/)
 * When attempting to create a link I get this error message.
 * **cURL error 28: Connection timed out after 10001 milliseconds**
 * I have checked the plugin settings to make sure they are correct.
 * I have logged in to YOURLS and created a short link to make sure things are working
   there. They are.
 * I have turned off all plugins and changed the theme to 2016. Still same result.
 * Ideas? Suggestions on how to test and/or get more data on the error?
 * The WordPress site and the YOURLS site are not on the same server & hosting company.
 * This has been working fine. Problem started last week. Up until then it’s been
   working for about 6 months.
 * Thank you – Skippy

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 *  Plugin Author [Andrew Norcross](https://wordpress.org/support/users/norcross/)
 * (@norcross)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-28-3/#post-8803037)
 * It looks like it may be a hosting issue, since a cURL error is often tied to 
   the version of cURL that’s running or changes in the firewall settings.
 * Here’s a thread explaining the issue in a different plugin: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_remote_get-failure-curl-error-28/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_remote_get-failure-curl-error-28/)
   that outlines a few things to check.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curl-error-28-3/#post-8803037)
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