Title: [Plugin: Akismet] Server Configuration Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Akismet] Server Configuration Error

 *  Resolved [kabitzin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kabitzin/)
 * (@kabitzin)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/)
 * I’m using v2.5.1 of Akismet and I get the following error:
 * > The key you entered could not be verified because a connection to akismet.com
   > could not be established. Please check your server configuration.
   > The key below was previously validated but a connection to akismet.com can 
   > not be established at this time. Please check your server configuration.
 * However, all the server connectivity rows below show the servers as accessible.
   How are we supposed to know what to check in the server configuration to connect
   to akismet.com? This error message is very cryptic and I noticed the problem 
   as of 2.5.0.

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 *  [Joseph Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephscott/)
 * (@josephscott)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834275)
 * If you update to version 2.5.1 do you still get the error?
 *  Thread Starter [kabitzin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kabitzin/)
 * (@kabitzin)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834315)
 * Yes, I am already using 2.5.1
 *  [Joseph Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephscott/)
 * (@josephscott)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834361)
 * Can you give this debug plugin a try – [http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/debug/wp-http-error-log.php](http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/debug/wp-http-error-log.php)–
   it will write details about the HTTP response to your web server error log. Send
   us the results – akismet.com/contact/ – and hopefully that will provide us with
   the data we need.
 *  [danodemano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danodemano/)
 * (@danodemano)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834403)
 * I’m having the exact same problem on 3 blogs I host on the same machine. They
   have all been working fine for months and months then just about a week or two
   ago this started happening to me. It says:
 *     ```
       The key below was previously validated but a connection to akismet.com can not be established at this time. Please check your server configuration.
       ```
   
 *  but the servers all show that they are accessible. It’s also not checking for
   SPAM anymore. WordPress 3.0.4 and Akismet 2.5.1. I will give the debug plugin
   a try and let you know that I come up with.
 *  [danodemano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danodemano/)
 * (@danodemano)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834404)
 * Update, that debug plugin seems to crash my WordPress install pretty hard. Just
   continuous blank white pages and nothing logged in the Apache error_log.
 *  [Joseph Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephscott/)
 * (@josephscott)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834408)
 * If it is crashing you should have details in the error logs. It’s possible your
   server is logging PHP errors some where else besides the Apache logs.
 *  [danodemano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danodemano/)
 * (@danodemano)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834410)
 * I found the error, I just changed display errors to on in my php.ini file:
    `
   Fatal error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array in /var/www/html/dansrandomness/
   wp-content/plugins/wp-http-error-log.php on line 14`
 *  [Joseph Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephscott/)
 * (@josephscott)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834412)
 * Hmm, that’s no good. Are any HTTP requests from WordPress making it out okay?
 * I’ve reviewed the reports from a few other people and it seems that in some cases
   the HTTP request timeout was getting hit and the connections would die. I’ve 
   increased the timeout in the development version of the plugin, which if you 
   want to try out you can get the files from – [https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/dev/](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/dev/).
   Just keep in mind this is a development version and is may be in a state of flux
   and or not working at any given point.
 *  [danodemano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danodemano/)
 * (@danodemano)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834413)
 * Hmmm….yes and no it seems. My Google Analytics seemed to be having trouble also
   as I was getting this on my Dashboard
 *     ```
       No Analytics account selected. Double check you are authenticated with Google on Google Analyticator's settings page and make sure an account is selected.
       ```
   
 * Even though it was correctly setup. If I go to the settings though for it and
   disable cURL then it seems to work OK and displays my Google Analytics stats 
   on my dashboard. This is my own server (Fedora 14) and I don’t think I have changed
   anything that would have caused it. Google Analytics seems to stop working about
   the same time Akismet stopped though. Maybe the two are related? I will get the
   dev trunk a try though and see if anything changes. Thanks!!
 *  [danodemano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danodemano/)
 * (@danodemano)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834414)
 * I just installed the dev build and it seems to be working alright. On the config
   page it says “This key is valid.” and when I told it to re-check for SPAM it 
   checked and flagged all the SPAM comments. I will run with it this way for a 
   day or two and see if the problem is resolved with this build. Thanks again!!!
 *  [Joseph Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephscott/)
 * (@josephscott)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834415)
 * No problem. If you run into problems definitely drop us a note at akismet.com/
   contact/
 *  [danodemano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danodemano/)
 * (@danodemano)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-akismet-server-configuration-error/#post-1834417)
 * Looks like that got it. It’s been catching SPAM again ever since I installed 
   the dev build. I’m going to wait until the final version to deploy it on my other
   two blogs though (don’t want to piss off wifey if I break them). Thanks so much
   for your help!

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