diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php b/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
index 25cd76ca2..fa629a2e4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ function plugins_api($action, $args = null) {
if ( false === $res ) {
$request = wp_remote_post('http://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/', array( 'timeout' => 15, 'body' => array('action' => $action, 'request' => serialize($args))) );
if ( is_wp_error($request) ) {
- $res = new WP_Error('plugins_api_failed', __('An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request.'), $request->get_error_message() );
+ $res = new WP_Error('plugins_api_failed', __( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.' ), $request->get_error_message() );
} else {
$res = maybe_unserialize( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) );
if ( ! is_object( $res ) && ! is_array( $res ) )
- $res = new WP_Error('plugins_api_failed', __('An unknown error occurred during the API request.'), wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) );
+ $res = new WP_Error('plugins_api_failed', __( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.' ), wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) );
}
} elseif ( !is_wp_error($res) ) {
$res->external = true;
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/theme.php b/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
index 0bc0c02f3..6e5767e52 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ function themes_api($action, $args = null) {
if ( ! $res ) {
$request = wp_remote_post('http://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.0/', array( 'body' => array('action' => $action, 'request' => serialize($args))) );
if ( is_wp_error($request) ) {
- $res = new WP_Error('themes_api_failed', __('An Unexpected HTTP Error occurred during the API request.'), $request->get_error_message() );
+ $res = new WP_Error('themes_api_failed', __( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.' ), $request->get_error_message() );
} else {
$res = maybe_unserialize( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) );
if ( ! is_object( $res ) && ! is_array( $res ) )
- $res = new WP_Error('themes_api_failed', __('An unknown error occurred during the API request.'), wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) );
+ $res = new WP_Error('themes_api_failed', __( 'An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.' ), wp_remote_retrieve_body( $request ) );
}
}