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SaFly Curl Patch

by Jane · Uncategorized

A plug-in which helps you solve the problems like 'WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org.' caused by PHP Curl.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3126 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+50% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

69

now · peak 234

6930d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

SaFly Curl Patch · #11970 you Connect Contact Form · #16836 Post Connector · #17461 EZ SHORTCURL Shortco · #17900

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

345per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

8.6y ago

latest release · v1.0.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 8.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-09-17 · 1,385 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2018-02-08 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. mkulak0
    4.9y ago

    Thank you so much

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  2. modandroidapk
    6.8y ago

    thanks

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  3. Malae
    7.3y ago

    I am very grateful for this plugin. I have received the message “Warning: An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration.” many times when using XAMPP and WAMP servers over the years. I never had issues with the sites on hosted servers. Using WAMP, checking the PHP and Apache cURL settings and increasing execution times and addition of code to the wp-config.sys files had reduced the occurrences, so never a real problem. I recently reinstalled WAMP in order to obtain updates and be able to use PHP 7.2 and 7.3. Since the update, the occurrences of this warning had increased and recently became a serious problem. With debug ‘display’ set to true the pages filed with warnings and finally I could not get updates. The problem occurred on several sites and I had a feeling that changes in WP core files was the cause, possibly with provisions for parallel updates for 4.9.x and 5.1.x, although hosted sites had no similar issues. I prefer to fix problems with my own code, except when it means changing core files. I spent many hours on the issue and went through all the checks and tweaks to no avail. I had not expected to find a plugin, but came across SaFly Curl Patch and no more warnings! A truly remarkable plugin!

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  4. mikehike123
    7.6y ago

    Finally stumbled on this. I’m not smart enough to figure out how it’s working but it fixed the problem. Well Done!!!!

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  5. Jane
    8.6y ago

    Thanks for the installation!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-03-30 300+ → 200+ down after 121 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-29 400+ → 300+ down after 134 days in tier
  3. 2025-07-18 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-07-17 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-07-16 500+ → 400+ down after 56 days in tier
  6. 2025-05-21 400+ → 500+ up after 25 days in tier
  7. 2025-04-26 300+ → 400+ up after 152 days in tier
  8. 2024-11-25 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier

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