Title: Unknown Error (code: http_request_failed). Last modified: March 11, 2020 --- # Unknown Error (code: http_request_failed). * Resolved [lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) * (@lukegood) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/) * Hi Support Team, When I run the setup of the site kit and in the step “Verify site ownership”, it shows me the error “Oops! There was a problem during set up. Please try again. Unknown Error (code: http_request_failed).” I’ve tried these tips: Check your site settings; Deactivate all my wordpress plugins except the site kit; Deactivate all my plugins in Chrome and so on. But they didn’t work at all. Could you help me solve this problem? Thanks. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12531250) * [@lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) Can you share your site URL and Site Health information and we can hopefully identify something which may be impacting setup? * If you prefer to share privately you can submit via [this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lhjns2K7c0Ny7ME4gxTcsnYtNUtcMr8BvFpPQi23Y1E/edit). * Thread Starter [lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) * (@lukegood) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12531494) * Thanks for your response. I have submitted the form. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12531543) * [@lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) Many thanks for providing the information. Can you confirm you have access to all Google services from your current location? * Thread Starter [lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) * (@lukegood) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12531561) * Yes, I think so. I have a VPN can help me use all Google services. But if I don’t use VPN, some Google services is not available. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12535476) * [@lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) That may be the problem, when connecting your site the authentication service may not have direct access to your site, regardless of whether there is a VPN setup on your machine. * I will check with the team and get back to you on this. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12556840) * [@lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) I’ve created a GitHub issue so we can keep track of this issue. Feel free to add any input, such as screenshots and the steps you take before encountering this error. [https://github.com/google/site-kit-wp/issues/1262](https://github.com/google/site-kit-wp/issues/1262) * I can keep you informed here with any updates on this. * Thread Starter [lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) * (@lukegood) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12557102) * Thanks. I have added some screenshots in Github. Hope they are usefull. * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12557147) * [@lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) Many thanks, they should be useful. I will report back here once I have any updates. * [kindect](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kindect/) * (@kindect) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12610028) * the problem is solved through adding your own code into google php though i cannot give the code now due to security reasons , here’s the solution: resolve your VPN service to a local host like 127.0.0.1 which should be resolved from localhost * now try editing the google site kit php and insert the php code to guide all internet service to the host(HTTP HTTPS FTP) that should solve the problem * I’ve comment on the post on Github * best regards * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-12821496) * [@lukegood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukegood/) Apologies for the late response. From testing various hosting providers I’ve been able to reproduce this issue with some hosting providers which require services to be whitelisted before successful connection. * Can you check with your current host that traffic to/from *.withgoogle.com is enabled? You can perform some tests yourself following the steps mentioned in the related [GitHub issue](https://github.com/google/site-kit-wp/issues/1262). * Plugin Support [James Osborne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamesosborne/) * (@jamesosborne) * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unknown-error-code-http_request_failed-2/#post-13194209) * As we didn’t receive a response I’ll mark this as resolved. Feel free to open a [new support topic](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/google-site-kit/#new-post) if you continue to encounter issues. 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