Title: SSL Error Accessing Plugin
Last modified: August 27, 2020

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# SSL Error Accessing Plugin

 *  Resolved [cheffmikester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheffmikester/)
 * (@cheffmikester)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-error-accessing-plugin/)
 * Hello,
 * I was trying to add a new plugin to my site, but I received an SSL error instead.
 * Here is image of the error:
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/a/e3PkVoJ)
 * Any steps I can take to resolve this issue?
 * Thank you.

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-error-accessing-plugin/#post-13321395)
 * The screenshot you gave is NOT an SSL error.
 * This is Cloudflare saying they cannot connect to the server where your website
   is hosted (for whatever reason).
 * See: [https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-error-521-web-server-is-down/42461](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-error-521-web-server-is-down/42461)
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/).
      Reason: Fixed a typo
 *  Thread Starter [cheffmikester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheffmikester/)
 * (@cheffmikester)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-error-accessing-plugin/#post-13321421)
 * Yes you are right. I clicked on the error link provided and it brought me to 
   a 525 error (which is SSL related) instead of the 521 error.
 * Either way, I will work with my host provider to review this issue.
 * Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [cheffmikester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheffmikester/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-error-accessing-plugin/#post-13321421)
 * Status: resolved

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