Title: [Plugin: Instapress] Fatal Error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Instapress] Fatal Error

 *  Resolved [Vincent Garguilo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garguilo/)
 * (@garguilo)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-instapress-fatal-error/)
 * i get this error when i attempt to put my login info into the instapress plugin
 * (To activate Instapress just enter your Instagram username and password:)
 * Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Exception’ with message‘
   Unable to Connect to ssl://api.instagram.com:443. Error #8: Unable to find the
   socket transport “ssl” – did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP?’
   in /home/vasili/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/instapress/instagram-
   php-api/Zend/Http/Client/Adapter/Socket.php:235 Stack trace: #0 /home/vasili/
   public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/instapress/instagram-php-api/Zend/Http/
   Client.php(973): Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Socket->connect(‘api.instagram.c…’,
   443, true) #1 /home/vasili/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/instapress/
   instagram-php-api/Instagram.php(123): Zend_Http_Client->request() #2 /home/vasili/
   public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/instapress/classes/Instagram_XAuth.php(
   24): Instagram->_getHttpClientResponse() #3 /home/vasili/public_html/wordpress/
   wp-content/plugins/instapress/instagram.php(718): Instagram_XAuth->getAccessToken(”)#
   4 [internal function]: InstagramPlugin->handleOptions(”) #5 /home/vasili/ in /
   home/vasili/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/instapress/instagram-php-
   api/Zend/Http/Client/Adapter/Socket.php on line 235
 * also, before i get this error, at the top it says:
 * Instapress requires authentication by xAuth in order to display your friends,
   public or your own feeds.
 * Please help! Thank you!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/instapress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/instapress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [tkrammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkrammer/)
 * (@tkrammer)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-instapress-fatal-error/#post-2378351)
 * Hi,
    please check out our FAQ on that issue: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/instapress/faq/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/instapress/faq/)
 * “Everytime I try to connect with my Instagram account I get “Fatal error: Uncaught
   exception ‘Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Exception’ with message ‘Unable to Connect
   to ssl://api.instagram.com:443.”, why?
 * This is because you need to activate OpenSSL on your server to interact with 
   the Instagram API. Please activate OpenSSL or contact your provider. (More information
   on that here)”
 * Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [tkrammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkrammer/)
 * (@tkrammer)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-instapress-fatal-error/#post-2378352)
 * Also read this topic:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-plugin-instapress-version-131?replies=6](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-plugin-instapress-version-131?replies=6)
 * Thanks.

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 * Last reply from: [tkrammer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkrammer/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-instapress-fatal-error/#post-2378352)
 * Status: resolved