Title: HTTP SSL error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# HTTP SSL error

 *  [hoorna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoorna/)
 * (@hoorna)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/)
 * When I try to start Backwpup then I get the error “The HTTP response test get
   a error “SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate”The 
   HTTP response test get a false http status ()” and Backwpup will not start. I
   am using Backwpup version 3.0.4. Version 2.1.17 was working without problems!
 * What can I do to solve this problem? Please help.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  Thread Starter [hoorna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoorna/)
 * (@hoorna)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3531911)
 * Does nobody recognize this problem and/or have a tip?
 *  [wong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wongpk/)
 * (@wongpk)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3531925)
 * Yeap, some has http error… Nobody reply anything yet…
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/ver-304-false-http-status-403-downgrade-did-not-work](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/ver-304-false-http-status-403-downgrade-did-not-work)
 *  [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3531926)
 * Hello [@hoorna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoorna/) and [@wongpk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wongpk/)
   I would revert back to 2.1.17 and don’t upgrade until all the errors are resolved.
   Daniel is working on resolving all the errors reported so far with this huge 
   upgrade.
 * I have the latest version on a test site but I am not upgrading on my live sites
   until I know that it works 100%.
 * Hope this helps you for now.
 * Kind regards
 *  [wong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wongpk/)
 * (@wongpk)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3531927)
 * The odd thing is that, some of my sites works and some don’t. Some with 2.1.17
   version too are sending error log instead of backup file too. Not sure if that
   is because WordPress upgrade or not.
 *  Thread Starter [hoorna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoorna/)
 * (@hoorna)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3531966)
 * [@daniel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniel/),
 * Do you have a solution for this problem? I still (version 3.0.6) get the error
   which I reported a the beginning of this thread.
 * Meanwhile I found out that the problem only occurs when I try to start a job 
   immediately. Jobs started by linux-cron (by calling “wget -q -O [http://website-name/wp-con.php?doing_wp_cron](http://website-name/wp-con.php?doing_wp_cron)
   >/dev/null 2>&1”) are running normaly.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3531982)
 * Try to add this in the functions.php of you theme:
 * `add_filter( 'https_local_ssl_verify', '__return_false' );`
 *  Thread Starter [hoorna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hoorna/)
 * (@hoorna)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3531983)
 * I will try it at the end of next week. On this moment it is impossible for me
   to test.
 *  [cindygobeyond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindygobeyond/)
 * (@cindygobeyond)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3532005)
 * Can’t seem to get any version to work, after upgrading and then getting:
    BackWPup
   The HTTP response test get a false http status (403)
 * It was an awesome plug I would have supported.
 *  [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3532006)
 * Hello [@cindygobeyond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cindygobeyond/), have
   you tried using the old version 2.1.17. This is the version that I am still using
   on all my websites. This version works without any issues for me.
 * Kind regards

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 * [SSL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ssl/)

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http-ssl-error/#post-3532006)
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