Title: Strange problem while installing plugins in 2.8
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Strange problem while installing plugins in 2.8

 *  [offspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offspring/)
 * (@offspring)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-while-installing-plugins-in-28/)
 * I have a strange problem with my WP. When I try to download a new plugin or update
   existing one it fails with this message:
 * > Download failed. Operation timed out with 52655 out of -1 bytes received
 * The same happened when I updated 2.8.4 to 2.8.5, but after a few retries it succeeded.
   
   Any ideas?

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 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-while-installing-plugins-in-28/#post-1253422)
 * Hi,
 * Add this code in htaccess of your blog/site and have a check:
 * php_value memory_limit 64M
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [offspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offspring/)
 * (@offspring)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-while-installing-plugins-in-28/#post-1253425)
 * Thanks Shane,
 * I’ll try and report back if it helps.
 *  Thread Starter [offspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offspring/)
 * (@offspring)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-problem-while-installing-plugins-in-28/#post-1253580)
 * Unfortunatelly it doesn’t help 🙁
    Will keep looking…

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 * Last reply from: [offspring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/offspring/)
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