Title: Plugin update & install error
Last modified: January 26, 2018

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# Plugin update & install error

 *  [kesef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kesef/)
 * (@kesef)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-install-error/)
 * When I want to update plugins, I get all the time error messages:
 * Update Failed: Download failed. cURL error 35: OpenSSL SSL_connect: SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL
   in connection to downloads.wordpress.org:443
 * And also if I try to install a plugin I get an error:
 * An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this
   server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support
   forums.
 * Is there any solution?
    Erik.

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 *  [sunnybeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunnybeach/)
 * (@sunnybeach)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-install-error/#post-9905480)
 * I can confirm this. I experienced the same error on multiple websites.
 * In my case this error was given (on multiple websites) when trying to update 
   Yoast. While updating Wordfence worked just fine. So I assume it only affects
   certain servers.
 * When trying to update several times the errors also cycled between:
    “An error
   occurred while updating Yoast SEO: Download failed. cURL error 35: OpenSSL SSL_connect:
   SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL in connection to downloads.wordpress.org:443”
 * And “Yoast SEO: Download failed. cURL error 56: Recv failure: Connection reset
   by peer”
 *  [jasper22](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasper22/)
 * (@jasper22)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-install-error/#post-9905910)
 * I have the same problem on my website, the error 35 and the unexpected problem
   errors shows up for every plugin that I want to update and when I tried to install
   a new plugin
 * My first thought was maybe I made an error using wordfench to delete some files
   it found in its scan so I used a back up to return my site to a version before
   I let wordfench delete the files but this did not work.
 * After I used the backup my site was on an older version of WordPress. When I 
   tried updating WordPress I got the error 56.
 * I did notice. When I keep trying over and over to update or install new plugins
   eventually one of the tries will work but this is extremely annoying.
 * Is this a problem with WordPress or is there an issue with my web host server?
 *  [jhnpldng](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhnpldng/)
 * (@jhnpldng)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-install-error/#post-9905918)
 * Same here. Multiple sites, both 4.9.1 and 4.9.2 versions of wp. My hosting co
   showed me this [https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3383](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3383)
 * Kinda confirms yet that was 9 days ago. Ticket was closed and marked a fixed 
   even though it’s not fixed.
 *  [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barry/)
 * (@barry)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-install-error/#post-9906052)
 * For anyone experiencing these issues – if you have SSH access to the server where
   your site is hosted could you ping me on WordPress.org Slack to troubleshoot?
   If not, could you ask your hosting company to contact me directly? Email: barry[
   at] automattic.com or [@barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barry/) on
   Slack.
 *  [sunnybeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunnybeach/)
 * (@sunnybeach)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-install-error/#post-9908494)
 * The errors are gone again. And the updating works again.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [sunnybeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunnybeach/).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 5 participants
 * Last reply from: [sunnybeach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunnybeach/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-install-error/#post-9908494)
 * Status: not resolved

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