Title: [Plugin: Jetpack by WordPress.com] Connect to WordPress.com not working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Jetpack by WordPress.com] Connect to WordPress.com not working

 *  Resolved [gcharsle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gcharsle/)
 * (@gcharsle)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-connect-to-wordpresscom-not-working/)
 * Hi
 * Once I’ve installed Jetpack, I click on Connect to wordpress.com. This simply
   takes to to my home page and nothing else. What is it supposed to do? What am
   I doing wrong? I have uninstalled Jetpack and reinstalled it with the same result
 * Grant
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Tim Moore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tmoorewp/)
 * (@tmoorewp)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-connect-to-wordpresscom-not-working/#post-2651249)
 * Do you have BuddyPress installed? If so, try disabling BuddyPress while you run
   the Jetpack activation. Once Jetpack is activated, re-enable BuddyPress.
 *  [kusaziva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kusaziva/)
 * (@kusaziva)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-connect-to-wordpresscom-not-working/#post-2651567)
 * Thanks [@tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim/) Moore. had the same issue
   and disabling BuddyPress first worked.
 *  [muloka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muloka/)
 * (@muloka)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-connect-to-wordpresscom-not-working/#post-2651656)
 * I don’t have BuddyPress installed and its not working for me.
 *  [muloka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/muloka/)
 * (@muloka)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-connect-to-wordpresscom-not-working/#post-2651657)
 * K its working now. I think its some issue with CloudFlare.
 *  [Byrdflew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byrdflew/)
 * (@byrdflew)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-connect-to-wordpresscom-not-working/#post-2651658)
 * I am receiving this message “Jetpack could not contact WordPress.com: register_http_request_failed.
   This usually means something is incorrectly configured on your web host. SSL 
   connection timeout”
 * Any fix?

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 * Last reply from: [Byrdflew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/byrdflew/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jetpack-by-wordpresscom-connect-to-wordpresscom-not-working/#post-2651658)
 * Status: resolved