Title: [Plugin: WordPress Backup to Dropbox] Error message: Need OpenSSL support for https:// requests
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress Backup to Dropbox] Error message: Need OpenSSL support for https:// requests

 *  [mtrpires](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrpires/)
 * (@mtrpires)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-error-message-need-openssl-support-for-https-requests/)
 * Hello!
 * First of all, thank you so much for this great plugin. It worked for me like 
   a charm since the beginning, but I’m having some problems since I last updated
   WordPress to 3.4.1 and the plugin to 1.2.2. I did both at the same time so I 
   don’t know which one broke which.
 * I tried reinstalling/deactivating/etc to no avail.
 * The plugin installs correctly but whenever I try to access it via the dashboard
   it gives me the following message (I can’t even edit preferences etc):
 *     ```
       Error
   
       There was a fatal error loading WordPress Backup to Dropbox, please reload the page and try again.
   
       If the problem persists please re-install WordPress Backup to Dropbox.
   
       Error message: Need OpenSSL support for https:// requests
       ```
   
 * I’ve googled around and found someone else who had [a similar problem](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-fatal-error-windows-server?replies=3)
   three months ago with a windows server. Michael said you should have SSL installed
   and running on your server, which seemed to solve the problem for that person.
 * Nevertheless, I’m using a UNIX server with SSL enabled (from phpinfo()):
 *     ```
       Apache/2.2.15 (FreeBSD) mod_ssl/2.2.15 OpenSSL/0.9.8k DAV/2 PHP/5.3.2 with Suhosin-Patch
       Loaded Modules: ... mod_ssl ...
       ```
   
 * Yet, the problem persists and I don’t know why. I need your help!
 * Thanks a lot,
 * Marco
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/)

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## Tags

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

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 * Last reply from: [mtrpires](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrpires/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpress-backup-to-dropbox-error-message-need-openssl-support-for-https-requests/)
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