TinyPNG on "[Plugin: Compress JPEG & PNG images] SSL CA cert"

When I first upload a picture I get

Latest error: cURL: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?) [77]

When I look at the photo in the library view. I don't seem to be getting this with existing photos, so I tried clicking the compress button numerous time and on about the 4th attempt it goes through just fine.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/tiny-compress-images/

Hi,

All users who have this error have an outdated and flawed cURL library, most of them use Hostgator service. Could you check your cURL version? It is in the phpinfo(), if you don't know how there is a plugin to do it for you - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-php-info/

Thank you! That is a much simpler explanation than anything else I was finding.
Indeed I am on Hostgator.

cURL support enabled
cURL Information 7.19.7
Age 3

I would say that is an older version of cURL. From 2009 no less. So the short answer seems to be that I need to upgrade my version of cURL. The long answer is that it seems like hostgator is going to be unwilling to allow this as I am on a shared server. At least this is what is being reported on forums.
I did ssh in and attempt the upgrades, but I get permission errors (to be expected)

Going to bang my head against the wall and attempt to have them upgrade anyway. Will report back.

I hope they will get the message, but I am afraid you will not succeed like all other users. You can better move to another hosting provider.

It is as we expected. Hostgator only will allow the upgrade with a dedicated server package. Thanks for the assist.

Hi Admin,

I am getting the same error and I am on Hostgator. However after checking two potential hosts to move to I have found that both hosts are using cURL 7.19.7.

Could you apply a fix for this on your end? This doesn't look like an isolated issue to Hostgator.

Unfortunately it's not possible to work around this and support cURL 7.19.7. We would strongly recommend upgrading cURL to a recent version.

Maybe these hosts are more willing to help and upgrade their systems?

This is the response that I got from one of the top rated webhosts in my area that is not affiliated with the horrendous EIG:

Thanks for updating the ticket.

We use the Cpanel integrated version at the moment. The latest Cpanel version offer is Curl 7.19.7
We can't upgrade it alone.
If next Cpanel release offer updated curl version, we could update it along with Cpanel .

Do let us know if you need further assistance.

Regards,

Did I get the runaround from them? If not, it looks like you guys will be shutting yourselves out from quite a number of webhosts that only upgrade their cURL with cPanel.