[WP 3.5.1] WordPress error code: http_request_failed – name lookup timed out

I have tried the disable cURL which provides a different error but still does not fix the connection.

What debug information does Core Control give you?

Is there anything on /wp-admin/tools.php?page=core-control&module=http that gives any clues?

Best wishes,

Martin

Method GET
Result error
Error Details
http_request_failed connect() timed out!
Time Taken 7.0042169094086 seconds
HTTP Args
timeout (integer) 7
redirection (integer) 5
httpversion (string) 1.0
user-agent (string) WordPress/3.6; https://eriktv365.com
reject_unsafe_urls (boolean) false
blocking (boolean) true
headers
Array
(
)
cookies
Array
(
)
compress (boolean) false
decompress (boolean) true
sslverify (boolean) false
stream (boolean) false
filename NULL
limit_response_size NULL
HTTP Transports WP_HTTP_curl
Request Time 2013-08-11 12:19:50 –500

I’ve updated the development version to give you an option of 20 seconds!

I’ve now found some useful information that might let me block cURL via Rotating Tweets as well (although, as you say, this doesn’t seem to solve the problem).

Martin

I downloaded the new dev version and set the timeout to 20 seconds, but then when I set the save option at the bottom I still get this message at the top of the Rotating Tweets settings page in return:

Error message received from Twitter: couldn’t connect to host. Please check your API key, secret, token and secret token on the Twitter website.

I have checked double checked and rebuilt the keys with no luck…

I need to sort out that error message (and have done so on the latest development version)!

I doubt it is anything to do with Rotating Tweets – and changing the keys probably isn’t going to help. Rotating Tweets is using the ‘bog-standard’ HTTP API that is built into WordPress.

The problem is the connection between your host (via the server) and other sites. Do any of the HTTP transports work in the core control plug-in?

What can I do to test them? My host is GoDaddy by the way.

Do the testing links on /wp-admin/tools.php?page=core-control&module=http work?

yeah they all return successfully.

That would be a better solution for sure. I have been doing PHP for 10 years but have only been working with Word Press a couple weeks so probably should have taken a closer look at the plugin.
su kien

While I remember, have you tried the switching the “Verify SSL connection to Twitter” to “No” in the Rotating Tweets settings?

Apart from that I can only suggest switching all the transports off and then switching them on one at a time to see if one of them works.

I tried all of that… sad that I can’t get this wonderful plugin to work.

I can only think it’s a problem with your hosting or your server. I don’t really have any other ideas to suggest.

Are you able to install plug-ins and upgrades via the WordPress Admin pages? Or do you have to upload them separately?