Title: Plugins Error – curl 7
Last modified: November 21, 2020

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# Plugins Error – curl 7

 *  [matn1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matn1/)
 * (@matn1)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-error-curl-7/)
 * An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this
   server’s configuration
    Installation of wordpress instances on rhel 8
 * Problem with1 installation showing the following error
    An unexpected error occurred.
   Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration
 * On the server where error occurs I see no – # of plugins intalled, and the favorites,
   recommended, etc all show same error.
 * I have curl installed on both servers running RHEL 8
    when i turn debug on and
   use health check I see
 * “Your site is unable to reach WordPress.org at 198.143.164.251, and returned 
   the error: cURL error 7”
 * But PHPInfo – shows I have curl enabled on both
    Any ideas

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-error-curl-7/#post-13692692)
 * Try [manually resetting your plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/article/faq-troubleshooting/#how-to-deactivate-all-plugins-when-not-able-to-access-the-administrative-menus)(
   no Dashboard access required). If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one
   individually until you find the cause.
 * If that does not resolve the issue, access your server via [SFTP or FTP](https://wordpress.org/support/article/ftp-clients/),
   or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel, navigate to `/wp-content/
   themes/` and rename the directory of your currently active theme. This will force
   the default theme to activate and hopefully rule-out a theme-specific issue (
   theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 *  Thread Starter [matn1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matn1/)
 * (@matn1)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-error-curl-7/#post-13702740)
 * Acxtually the crazy thing was that in RHEL 8.3 it was SELINUX and how it interacted
   with php
    I had to look at the apache logs
 * I executed the following and resolved my problem and cleaned up my messages
    
   sudo setsebool -P httpd_graceful_shutdown 1
 * Thanks for the response

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [matn1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matn1/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-error-curl-7/#post-13702740)
 * Status: not resolved

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