Title: HTTP Error: connect() timed out!
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# HTTP Error: connect() timed out!

 *  Resolved [artzii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artzii/)
 * (@artzii)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-connect-timed-out-2/)
 * I get this HTTP Error: connect() timed out! notice when I try to connect my API
   key in wordpress admin side. I have been copy correct API key in mailchimp website.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Danny van Kooten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvankooten/)
 * (@dvankooten)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-error-connect-timed-out-2/#post-6083091)
 * Hi artzii,
 * This sounds like a firewall issue or an issue with the configuration of your 
   server. Please contact your webhost and ask them **whether they have PHP CURL
   installed and updated to the latest version (7.40) and if they allow remote requests
   to `https://api.mailchimp.com/`**.
 * Once they update their CURL version or whitelist the MailChimp API server, the
   plugin will no longer time out when trying to connect to MailChimp.
 * Hope that helps. If not, let me know!

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