- $request = wp_remote_post('http://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.0/', array( 'body' => array('action' => $action, 'request' => serialize($args))) );
+ $url = $http_url = 'http://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.0/';
+ if ( $ssl = wp_http_supports( array( 'ssl' ) ) )
+ $url = set_url_scheme( $url, 'https' );
+
+ $args = array(
+ 'body' => array(
+ 'action' => $action,
+ 'request' => serialize( $args )
+ )
+ );
+ $request = wp_remote_post( $url, $args );
+
+ if ( $ssl && is_wp_error( $request ) ) {
+ trigger_error( __( '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 <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/">support forums</a>.' ) . ' ' . '(WordPress could not establish a secure connection to WordPress.org. Please contact your server administrator.)', headers_sent() || WP_DEBUG ? E_USER_WARNING : E_USER_NOTICE );
+ $request = wp_remote_post( $http_url, $args );
+ }
+