Title: Getting SSL operation failed error
Last modified: June 8, 2026

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# Getting SSL operation failed error

 *  [Linkinboi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linkinboi/)
 * (@linkinboi)
 * [21 hours, 22 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-ssl-operation-failed-error/)
 * Hi, I’m using the latest version of the plugin with Flickr and my gallery suddenly
   break today showing this error below:
 * `There was an error connecting to flickr. Please try again later.
   **1 Message:**
   stream_socket_client(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:
   error:14094410:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert handshake failure stream_socket_client():
   Failed to enable crypto stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to ssl://api.
   flickr.com:443 (Unknown error)
 * I tired changing from PHP mode to JS mode and still get the same error, any advise
   on how to fix this ? thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * (@sayontan)
 * [21 hours, 19 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-ssl-operation-failed-error/#post-18932128)
 * I would suggest just doing what Flickr is saying, i.e., to try again later. This
   is not a Photonic error. It just means that Flickr’s API is currently down.

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 * Last activity: [21 hours, 19 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-ssl-operation-failed-error/#post-18932128)
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