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How to Fix cURL Error 60 in WordPress

A quick fix for WordPress cURL error 60, SSL certificate problem. Download a fresh ca-bundle.crt file, replace the old one in wp-includes and update again.

Easy fix.

Error when updating WordPress on new install: cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

ou can download and replace them with new ones.

  1. Download the new ca-bundle.crt file from: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-includes/certificates/ca-bundle.crt
  2. Place the ca-bundle.crt file in the WordPress directory: /wp-includes/certificates/ca-bundle.crt (you can remove the old file).
  3. Run the WordPress update.
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