wp-remote-request

How to use the HTTP API with a Proxy?

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The proxy settings work just like a regular HTTP requests but in this case obviously routed through a proxy. In terms of WordPress the API’s transport layers all support proxy connections(fsockopen, fopen, cURL, ). The things about proxy configurations are they come in several flavors and each setup is different so it makes answering this … Read more

Is it safe to use sslverify => true for with wp_remote_get/wp_remote_post

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TL;DR: Yes, remove that setting as of WordPress 3.7 or later. In the past, many people added the sslverify=false parameter specifically because their installation of PHP was unable to properly verify the certificate. Typically, this was because the PHP install had not been updated with the latest copy of the CA Root Certificates. The root … Read more