Title: SSL Connection timeout
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# SSL Connection timeout

 *  Resolved [anderikistan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anderikistan/)
 * (@anderikistan)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-connection-timeout-2/)
 * I sporadically get the following error when trying to load a page with a connection
   to a Google Sheets document.
 * [gdoc Error requesting data. SSL connection timeout]
 * Has anyone encountered this before?
 * Thank you.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/inline-google-spreadsheet-viewer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/inline-google-spreadsheet-viewer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Meitar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meitar/)
 * (@meitar)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-connection-timeout-2/#post-6166795)
 * I’m not sure if “SSL connection timeout” is specifically distinct from a regular
   network timeout. If it’s not, it’s possible you’re just experiencing intermittent
   unrecoverable latency on the network where your web server is located. And if
   that’s the case, the real solution is to fix your server’s network connection!
   🙂 Barring that, though, you can tweak the timeout that the plugin uses by using
   the `http_opts` attribute. For instance:
 *     ```
       [gdoc key="ABCDEFG" http_opts='{"timeout":20}']
       ```
   
 * This tells the plugin to wait 20 seconds for a response from Google before giving
   up. The default is only 5 seconds. That’s not necessarily enough time if, for
   example, the amount of data you’re transferring is very large and your web server’s
   connection isn’t fast. For more info, see [this post](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-on-refresh?replies=8#post-6971254).
 * Let us know if this seems to help.

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 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-connection-timeout-2/#post-6166795)
 * Status: resolved