Title: Error executing wp_remote_post
Last modified: August 25, 2020

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# Error executing wp_remote_post

 *  [Explorer Travel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thornway/)
 * (@thornway)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-executing-wp_remote_post-2/)
 * Hi
    I am receiving the following error message in the log
 * Error executing wp_remote_post: cURL error 51: SSL: no alternative certificate
   subject name matches target host name ‘www.googleapis.com’
 * It doesn’t happen on every send but has happened twice today. Any ideas?

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-executing-wp_remote_post-2/)
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